Removal of trace organic contaminants by the forward osmosis process

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 258-266

  Alturki, Abdulhakeem Ali ^a   McDonald, James A ^b   Khan, Stuart J ^b   Price, William E ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Nanofiltration; Rejection mechanisms; Retarded forward osmosis; Trace organic contaminants (TrOCs)

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE; CELLULOSE ACETATES; COMPOSITE NANOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; NEUTRAL COMPOUNDS; NF MEMBRANES; OPERATING MODES; SALT FLUX; SALT PERMEABILITY; SIZE EXCLUSION; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; WATER FLUX;

CELLULOSE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84870226867     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.10.036     Document Type: Article

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