Characterization of internal and external concentration polarizations during forward osmosis processes

Desalination

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-73

  Gao, Yiben ^a,b   Wang, Yi Ning ^a,b   Li, Weiyi ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

External concentration polarization; Forward osmosis; Internal concentration polarization; Structural parameter

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; TESTING;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); SOLUTE PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TRACE CONTAMINANTS;

POLARIZATION;

DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; SOLUTE; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84894051727     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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