Assessing the major factors affecting the performances of forward osmosis and its implications on the desalination process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 484-496

  Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Sahebi, Soleyman ^a   Majeed, Tahir ^a   Lotfi, Fezeh ^a   Kim, Jung Eun ^a   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Draw solution; Forward osmosis; Reverse solute flux; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; DRAW SOLUTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SOLUTE FLUX; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84882671722     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.07.058     Document Type: Article

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