The potential of thin film nanocomposite membrane in reducing organic fouling in forward osmosis process

Desalination

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Emadzadeh, D ^a,b   Lau, W J ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,c   Hilal, N ^d   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Organic fouling; Thin film nanocomposite membrane

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOCOMPOSITES; OSMOSIS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ORGANIC FOULING; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; TIO;

MEMBRANES;

COATING; COMPOSITE; FILM; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SUBSTRATE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84903708043     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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