Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) for integrating seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation: Energy consumption and fouling

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 483, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-41

  Kim, David Inhyuk ^a   Kim, Jungwon ^a   Shon, Ho Kyong ^b   Hong, Seungkwan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Membrane fouling; PRO RO hybrid process; Seawater desalination; Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WATER RESOURCES;

FOULING CONTROL; HYBRID PROCESS; INORGANIC FOULING; MULTIPLE BARRIER; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); SEAWATER DESALINATION; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WASTEWATER PURIFICATION;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84924422635     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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