Unique roles of aminosilane in developing anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) membranes for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)

• Main Authors: Zhang, Lizhi, She, Qianhong, Wang, Rong, Wongchitphimon, Sunee, Chen, Yunfeng, Fane, Anthony Gordon
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO); Hydrophilicity; Anti-fouling; Aminosilane; Grafting
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82799; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40313
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has been identified as a promising technology to harvest the salinity gradient energy. For practical applications of PRO process, membrane fouling is a challenging issue as it leads to severe decline of PRO performance in terms of water flux and power density. It is i...