Developing high throughput thin film composite polyamide membranes for forward osmosis treatment of SAGD produced water

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 511, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-39

  Khorshidi, Behnam ^a   Bhinder, Amrit ^a   Thundat, Thomas ^a   Pernitsky, David ^b   Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forward osmosis; Interfacial polymerization; Oil sands; Polyamide; SAGD; Thin film composite

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; LABORATORIES; MEMBRANES; OIL SANDS; OSMOSIS; PERMEATION; POLYAMIDES; POLYMERIZATION; THIN FILMS; THROUGHPUT; WATER TREATMENT;

FORWARD OSMOSIS; INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; INTERNAL CONCENTRATION POLARIZATIONS (ICP); PERMEATION PROPERTIES; SAGD; STEAM-ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

1,3 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHLORIDE; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYL GROUP; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHERSULFONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTACT ANGLE; DESALINATION; FILM; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84961924305     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.03.052     Document Type: Article

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