Boron transport through polyamide-based thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

Desalination

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-17

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WoongJin Chemical Co   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Boron transport; Desalination; Forward osmosis; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; THIN FILMS;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE ORIENTATION; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BORON; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; FILM; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PH; SOLUTE;

EID: 84895749703     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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