Selectivity and Mass Transfer Limitations in Pressure-Retarded Osmosis at High Concentrations and Increased Operating Pressures

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12551-12559

  Straub, Anthony P ^a   Osuji, Chinedum O ^a   Cath, Tzahi Y ^b   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; OSMOSIS;

FRICTIONAL PRESSURE LOSS; HIGH OPERATING PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

MASS TRANSFER;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSMOSIS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84945312901     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01317     Document Type: Article

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