Recent developments in forward osmosis: Opportunities and challenges

S Zhao, L Zou, CY Tang, D Mulcahy - Journal of membrane science, 2012 - Elsevier
Recently, forward osmosis (FO) has attracted growing attention in many potential
applications such as power generation, desalination, wastewater treatment and food …

Forward osmosis for application in wastewater treatment: A review

K Lutchmiah, ARD Verliefde, K Roest, LC Rietveld… - Water research, 2014 - Elsevier
Research in the field of Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane technology has grown
significantly over the last 10 years, but its application in the scope of wastewater treatment …

Advances in membrane distillation for water desalination and purification applications

LM Camacho, L Dumée, J Zhang, J Li, M Duke… - Water, 2013 - mdpi.com
Membrane distillation is a process that utilizes differences in vapor pressure to permeate
water through a macro-porous membrane and reject other non-volatile constituents present …

A critical review on membrane separation processes applied to remove pharmaceutically active compounds from water and wastewater

CF Couto, LC Lange, MCS Amaral - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds are a real threat all around the world. Conventional
water and wastewater treatment are not efficient in removing this kind of organic …

Draw solutions for forward osmosis processes: Developments, challenges, and prospects for the future

Q Ge, M Ling, TS Chung - Journal of membrane science, 2013 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has emerged as one of potential technologies to mitigate clean water
and energy shortage. Not only can it produce clean water but also energy by employing …

Forward and pressure retarded osmosis: potential solutions for global challenges in energy and water supply

C Klaysom, TY Cath, T Depuydt… - Chemical society …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Osmotically driven membrane processes (ODMP) have gained renewed interest in recent
years and they might become a potential solution for the world's most challenging problems …

A method for the simultaneous determination of transport and structural parameters of forward osmosis membranes

A Tiraferri, NY Yip, AP Straub, SRV Castrillon… - Journal of membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a simple and rapid methodology to characterize the water and solute
permeability coefficients (A and B, respectively) and structural parameter (S) of forward …

Forward osmosis: Principles, applications, and recent developments

TY Cath, AE Childress, M Elimelech - Journal of membrane science, 2006 - Elsevier
Osmosis is a physical phenomenon that has been extensively studied by scientists in
various disciplines of science and engineering. Early researchers studied the mechanism of …

Selection of inorganic-based draw solutions for forward osmosis applications

A Achilli, TY Cath, AE Childress - Journal of membrane science, 2010 - Elsevier
In this investigation, a protocol for the selection of optimal draw solutions for forward osmosis
(FO) applications was developed and the protocol was used to determine the most …

High performance thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane

NY Yip, A Tiraferri, WA Phillip… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Recent studies show that osmotically driven membrane processes may be a viable
technology for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, and power generation …