Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 499, Issue , 2016, Pages 201-233

  She, Qianhong ^a   Wang, Rong ^a,b   Fane, Anthony G ^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

Forward osmosis (FO); Fouling control; Membrane fouling; Osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMPs); Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)

Indexed keywords

FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; POLARIZATION;

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FOULING CONTROL; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); MEMBRANE PROCESS; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); SELF-COMPENSATION EFFECTS;

MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; DIFFUSION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FOULING CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTICALLY DRIVEN MEMBRANE PROCESS; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 84946225805     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.040     Document Type: Review

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