Forward osmosis: An alternative sustainable technology and potential applications in water industry

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2079-2090

  Nasr, Peter ^a   Sewilam, Hani ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Reverse osmosis; Sustainability; Wastewater treatment; Water industry

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGES; DESALINATION; IRRIGATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FOULING; OILS AND FATS; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; LANDFILL LEACHATE TREATMENT; MEMBRANE-BASED SEPARATION PROCESS; WASTEWATER APPLICATIONS; WATER INDUSTRIES;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84923346451     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-015-0927-8     Document Type: Article

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