Water harvesting from municipal wastewater via osmotic gradient: An evaluation of process performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-56

  Valladares Linares, Rodrigo ^a,b   Li, Zhenyu ^a   Abu Ghdaib, Muhannad ^a   Wei, Chun Hai ^a   Amy, Gary ^a   Vrouwenvelder, Johannes S ^a,b,c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Membrane fouling; Osmotic backwash; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

FORWARD OSMOSIS; FRESH WATER PRODUCTION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OSMOTIC BACKWASH; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEMI-BATCH OPERATIONS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEA WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; HARVESTING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; OSMOTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84881254957     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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