Highly efficient forward osmosis based on porous membranes-Applications and implications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4690-4695

  Qi, Saren ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a,b   Zhao, Yang ^a,b   Li, Weiyi ^a,b   Tang, Chuyang Y ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DRIVING FORCES; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HIGHLY STABLES; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POROUS MEMBRANES; PRODUCT RECOVERY;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SEPARATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VISCOSITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WASTE WATER; WATER;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POROSITY; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84926442607     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504164w     Document Type: Article

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