A practical study of factors that affect forward osmosis experiments

• Main Author: Teo, Jia En.
• Other Authors: Liu Yu
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/40171
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reverse osmosis (RO) can provide ultra pure water but is not an ideal process as high pressure is required to overcome osmotic pressure in sea-water. The high pressure requires large amount of electrical energy and this in turn causes other environmental issues like burning of fossil fuels and pollu...