Higher boron rejection with a new TFC forward osmosis membrane

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2734-2740

  Valladares Linares, R ^a,b   Li, Z Y ^a   Sarp, S ^c   Park, Y G ^c   Amy, G ^a   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,b,d  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c GS E and C   (South Korea)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boron removal; Cellulose triacetate; Draw solute interaction; Forward osmosis; Seawater desalination; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

BORON; COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER;

EID: 84940453771     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.940220     Document Type: Article

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