A new commercial thin film composite membrane for forward osmosis

Desalination

Volumn 343, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-193

  Ren, Jian ^a   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Pressure retarded osmosis; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DEIONIZED WATER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS;

EID: 84899648649     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.11.026     Document Type: Article

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