Understanding membrane parameters of a forward osmosis membrane based on nonequilibrium thermodynamics

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 437, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-81

  Fang, Yanyan ^a   Bian, Lixia ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis membrane; Membrane parameter; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Osmotic pressure driven process; Transport phenomenon

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; MEMBRANE PARAMETERS; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; SOLUTE PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; SUCROSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; FORCE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE PARAMETER; NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMIC; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLUMETRY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84875791723     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.02.052     Document Type: Article

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