Towards temperature driven forward osmosis desalination using Semi-IPN hydrogels as reversible draw agents

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3773-3781

  Cai, Yufeng ^a,b   Shen, Wenming ^a,b   Loo, Siew Leng ^b,c   Krantz, William B ^b,d   Wang, Rong ^b,c   Fane, Anthony G ^b,c   Hu, Xiao ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Membrane Technology Centre   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Reversibility; Temperature driven; Thermally responsive semi IPN hydrogel

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; DESALINATION; DEWATERING; OSMOSIS; SWELLING;

CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); REVERSIBILITY; SEMI-INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS (SEMI-IPN); SEMI-IPN HYDROGELS; THERMALLY RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS;

HYDROGELS;

ACRYLIC ACID; COPOLYMER; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYSODIUM ACRYLATE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; COOLING; DESALINATION; DESIGN; DEWATERING; GEL; HEATING; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESALINATION; DEWATERING; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROGEL; INTERPENETRATING NETWORK STRUCTURE; OSMOSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878156786     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.034     Document Type: Article

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