Direct fertigation with brackish water by a forward osmosis system converting domestic reverse osmosis module into forward osmosis membrane element

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 15740-15747

  Raval, Hiren D ^a   Koradiya, Pratik ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VVP Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Draw solution; Fertilizer; Forward osmosis; Reverse solute diffusion

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER; LEACHATE; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLUTE;

EID: 84938631047     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1075432     Document Type: Article

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