Forward Osmosis (FO) for Water Reclamation from Emulsified Oil/Water Solutions: Effects of Membrane and Emulsion Characteristics

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 5021-5032

  Han, Gang ^a   Chan, Sun Sun ^b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Dewatering; Forward osmosis; Oil water emulsion; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DEWATERING; EMULSIONS; FOULING; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS; PORE SIZE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIFOULING; CHARGE-CHARGE INTERACTIONS; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; OIL/WATER EMULSION; OILY WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); THIN-FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 84986208972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01402     Document Type: Article

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