Performance comparison of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 31-33, 2013, Pages 6274-6280

  Fam, Winny ^a   Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Lee, Jong Hwa ^b   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Woongjin Chemical Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis (FO); Internal concentration polarization (ICP); Reverse osmosis (RO); Salt rejection; Specific reverse solute flux; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; CELLULOSE; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84886383393     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.780805     Document Type: Article

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