A forward osmosis-membrane distillation hybrid process for direct sewer mining: System performance and limitations

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13486-13493

  Xie, Ming ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^a   Price, William E ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAW SOLUTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; HYBRID PROCESS; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; TREATMENT CAPACITY; ULTRA-VIOLET OXIDATIONS;

IMPURITIES; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; SEWERS;

HYBRID SYSTEMS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHARCOAL; SEWAGE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCUMULATION; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWER NETWORK; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MINING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; SALINITY; SEWER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; DISTILLATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; SOLUTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84889816188     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404056e     Document Type: Article

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