Influence of natural organic matter fouling and osmotic backwash on pressure retarded osmosis energy production from natural salinity gradients

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12607-12616

  Yip, Ngai Yin ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC RESISTANCES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER FOULING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARTIAL RESTORATION; PERFORMANCE RECOVERY; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FOULING;

OSMOSIS;

NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; WATER;

BIOFOULING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRESSURE EFFECT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RIVER WATER; SALINITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; DENSITY; ENERGY YIELD; FILM; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SALINITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER PERMEABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SALINITY; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84887906161     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403207m     Document Type: Article

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