Microscopic characterization of FO/PRO membranes : a comparative study of CLSM, TEM and SEM

• Main Authors: Wang, Yi-Ning, Wei, Jing, She, Qianhong, Pacheco, Federico, Tang, Chuyang Y.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98579; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16243
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Osmotically driven membrane processes (including forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)) have received increasing attention in recent decades. The performance of an FO/PRO membrane is significantly limited by internal concentration polarization, which is a strong function of the me...