Towards temperature driven forward osmosis desalination using semi-IPN hydrogels as reversible draw agents

• Main Authors: Cai, Yufeng, Shen, Wenming, Loo, Siew-Leng, Krantz, William B., Wang, Rong, Fane, Anthony Gordon, Hu, Xiao
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97720; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17711
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report a study to explore new materials and a new concept for temperature driven quasi-continuous desalination using hydrogels as draw agents in forward osmosis (FO). This concept is enabled by the design and preparation of thermally responsive hydrogels having a semi-interpenetrating network (se...