Synthesis of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane with enhancement in water flux without sacrificing salt rejection

D Emadzadeh, WJ Lau, AF Ismail - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
membrane without sacrificing salt rejection when compared with the typical TFC membrane.
… into the PA layer of composite membrane in an attempt to prepare TFN NF membrane for …

Preparation of ultrathin reverse osmosis membranes and the attainment of theoretical salt rejection

RL Riley, HK Lonsdale, CR Lyons… - Journal of applied …, 1967 - Wiley Online Library
… vary the effective membrane thickness. Second, the salt rejections actually observed are
less … ultrathin reverse osmosis membranes. One alternative technique has been reported by …

Salt rejection behavior of carbon nanotube-polyamide nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes in several salt solutions

K Takeuchi, Y Takizawa, H Kitazawa, M Fujii, K Hosaka… - Desalination, 2018 - Elsevier
… Although the salt rejection and permeate flux for sodium chloride (NaCl) solution of our RO
membranes (hereafter abbreviated as CNT-PA membranes) and aC membranes have been …

Thin film composite forward osmosis membranes based on polydopamine modified polysulfone substrates with enhancements in both water flux and salt rejection

G Han, S Zhang, X Li, N Widjojo, TS Chung - Chemical Engineering …, 2012 - Elsevier
… (PA) rejection layer. This new scheme has revealed that it is possible to fabricate novel
TFC-FO membranes with significantly improved water permeability and salt rejection properties …

High permeability and salt rejection reverse osmosis by a zeolite nano-membrane

Y Liu, X Chen - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
… There are, however, two major problems for the CNT membrane and nanoporous graphene:
first, in order to obtain high salt rejection the diameter of the CNT and the pore size of the …

On the control strategy to improve the salt rejection of a thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane

J Lee, YJ Lim - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
salt rejection from a broad perspective, which includes the specific energy consumption
and some insights into a technical direction to improve salt rejection of TFC-RO membranes. …

Novel polydopamine/metal organic framework thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membrane for salt rejection and heavy metal removal

M He, L Wang, Y Lv, X Wang, J Zhu, Y Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
… /MOF-TFN) forward osmosis (FO) membrane was developed for salt rejection and heavy
metal ion removal. The polyamide layer of the PDA/MOF-TFN membrane was formed by the …

A mechanistic model for salt and water transport in leaky membranes: Implications for low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis membranes

Y Du, L Wang, A Belgada, SA Younssi, J Gilron… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
salt rejection of polyamide membranes can be tuned by controlling the chlorine exposure of
the pristine membranes. … reliable benchmark for achieving low-salt-rejection RO membranes. …

Minimal and zero liquid discharge with reverse osmosis using low-salt-rejection membranes

Z Wang, A Deshmukh, Y Du, M Elimelech - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
… ‘loose’ low-rejection RO membranes utilized in subsequent stages (ie, the salt rejection r i of
… stated, all the salt rejections refer to the observed salt rejection at the specified stage (ie, r = …

Comparison of energy consumption of osmotically assisted reverse osmosis and low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis for brine management

Z Wang, D Feng, Y Chen, D He… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
… than the transmembrane osmotic pressure difference (Δπ). In conventional RO with near
perfect salt rejection, Δπ is equal to the osmotic pressure of the brine (π B ) because the osmotic