Minimizing structural parameter of thin film composite forward osmosis membranes using polysulfone/halloysite nanotubes as membrane substrates

Desalination

Volumn 377, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-162

  Ghanbari, M ^a   Emadzadeh, D ^a,b,c   Lau, W J ^a   Riazi, H ^d   Almasi, D ^a   Ismail, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Desalination; Forward osmosis; Halloysite nanotubes; Structural parameter; Thin film nanocomposite membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; FILM PREPARATION; FILTRATION; KAOLINITE; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION; YARN;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBE (HNTS); HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); MEMBRANE-BASED SEPARATION PROCESS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE; DESALINATION; HALLOYSITE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POLYMERIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 84942284379     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.09.019     Document Type: Article

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