Double-blade casting technique for optimizing substrate membrane in thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane fabrication

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 469, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-126

  Liu, Xiao ^a   Ng, How Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Double blade casting; Forward osmosis; Polyamide layer integrity; Reduced internal concentration polarization; Thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FABRICATION; POLARIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

BLADE CASTINGS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTACT ANGLE; DOUBLE BLADE CASTING TECHNIQUE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84904116032     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.06.037     Document Type: Article

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