Highly efficient forward osmosis based on porous membranes : applications and implications

• Main Authors: Qi, Saren, Li, Ye, Zhao, Yang, Li, Weiyi, Tang, Chuyang Y.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106194; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38310; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es504164w
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

For the first time, forward osmosis (FO) was performed using a porous membrane with an ultrafiltration (UF)-like rejection layer and its feasibility for high performance FO filtration was demonstrated. Compared to traditional FO membranes with dense rejection layers, the UF-like FO membrane was 2 or...