Relating rejection of trace organic contaminants to membrane properties in forward osmosis: Measurements, modelling and implications

Water Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 265-274

  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

Forward osmosis; Membrane surface charge; Permeate flux; Pore hindrance transport model; Pore size; Solute rejection; Trace organic contaminants (TrOCs)

Indexed keywords

OSMOSIS; PORE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE CHARGE;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHARGE; PERMEATE FLUX; SOLUTE REJECTION; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

MEMBRANES;

AMITRIPTYLINE; ATRAZINE; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CELLULOSE TRIACETATE; DICLOFENAC; LINURON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYAMIDE; PRIMIDONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER;

MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SALT; SOLUTE;

ARTICLE; FILM; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; THICKNESS; WATER PERMEABILITY;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE SURFACE CHARGE; PERMEATE FLUX; PORE HINDRANCE TRANSPORT MODEL; PORE SIZE; SOLUTE REJECTION; TRACE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS (TROCS);

CELLULOSE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOLUTIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84890179968     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.031     Document Type: Article

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