Characterization and Performance Relationships for a Commercial Thin Film Composite Membrane in Forward Osmosis Desalination and Pressure Retarded Osmosis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 11393-11403

  Arena, Jason T ^a   Manickam, Seetha S ^a   Reimund, Kevin K ^a   Brodskiy, Pavel ^b   McCutcheon, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESALINATION; OSMOSIS; THIN FILMS;

BASIC CHEMICALS; DRAW SOLUTIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PERFORMANCE DATA; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84947767947     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02309     Document Type: Article

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