Influence of temperature and temperature difference in the performance of forward osmosis desalination process

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 415-416, Issue , 2012, Pages 734-744

  Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Kandasamy, Jaya ^a   Hong, Seungkwan ^b   Lee, Sangyoup ^b   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Desalination; Draw solution; Forward osmosis; Temperature; Temperature difference

Indexed keywords

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FEED SOLUTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HEAT ENERGY; ISOTHERMAL CONDITIONS; LOW ENERGIES; SOLUTE FLUX; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TOTAL MASS; WATER FLUX;

DESALINATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER FILTRATION;

OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ENERGY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84864748301     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.05.065     Document Type: Article

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