A pilot-scale forward osmosis membrane system for concentrating low-strength municipal wastewater: Performance and implications

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Zheng, Junjian ^a   Tang, Jixu ^a   Wang, Xinhua ^b   Wu, Zhichao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84969794447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21653     Document Type: Article

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