Trace organic solutes in closed-loop forward osmosis applications: Influence of membrane fouling and modeling of solute build-up

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5232-5244

  D'Haese, Arnout ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^b   Van Nevel, Sam ^a   Verbeken, Kim ^a   Cornelissen, Emile R ^c   Khan, Stuart J ^b   Verliefde, Arne R D ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KWR Watercycle Institute   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Forward osmosis; Membrane fouling; Modeling; Organic micro pollutant

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BODY FLUIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SODIUM ALGINATE;

CLOSED-LOOP; DRAW SOLUTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; MODELING; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; ORGANIC SOLUTES; REJECTION RATES; TRACE ORGANICS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

MEMBRANE FOULING;

ALGINIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL;

BIOFILM; DRUG; FOULING; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SERUM; SOLUTE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; MODEL; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE;

BOVINAE;

BIOFILM; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MODELING; ORGANIC MICRO POLLUTANT;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84883293356     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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