Membrane technologies in wastewater treatment: a review

E Obotey Ezugbe, S Rathilal - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the face of water shortages, the world seeks to explore all available options in reducing
the over exploitation of limited freshwater resources. One of the surest available water …

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 …

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 …

Pilot demonstration of the NH3/CO2 forward osmosis desalination process on high salinity brines

RL McGinnis, NT Hancock, MS Nowosielski-Slepowron… - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
An NH3/CO2 forward osmosis (FO) membrane brine concentrator (MBC) pilot was tested in
the desalination of frac flowback and produced waters from natural gas extraction operations …

Osmotic microbial fuel cell for sustainable wastewater treatment along with desalination, bio-energy and resource recovery: A critical review

R Sibi, A Sheelam, K Gunaseelan, DA Jadhav… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Osmotic microbial fuel cell (OsMFC) devises the synergy between microbial fuel cell (MFC)
and forward osmosis (FO) and exhibits the combined advantages of MFC and FO. Its …

Forward osmosis as concentration process: Review of opportunities and challenges

G Blandin, F Ferrari, G Lesage, P Le-Clech, M Héran… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the past few years, osmotic membrane systems, such as forward osmosis (FO), have
gained popularity as “soft” concentration processes. FO has unique properties by combining …

Modeling reverse draw solute flux in forward osmosis with external concentration polarization in both sides of the draw and feed solution

C Suh, S Lee - Journal of membrane science, 2013 - Elsevier
A model was developed for realizing the theoretically predicted performance of a forward
osmosis (FO) system with an asymmetric membrane. The developed model has the …

Towards direct potable reuse with forward osmosis: Technical assessment of long-term process performance at the pilot scale

NT Hancock, P Xu, MJ Roby, JD Gomez… - Journal of Membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study we evaluated the performance of forward osmosis (FO) at the pilot scale to
achieve simultaneous seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. The investigation …

Energy, exergy, economic and environment analysis of standalone forward osmosis (FO) system for domestic wastewater treatment

D Patel, A Mudgal, V Patel, J Patel, K Park, P Davies… - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy, exergy, economic and environmental analysis is applied to a novel FO system. The
system is designed to achieve minimal/zero liquid discharge with low specific energy …

Osmotic equilibrium in the forward osmosis process: Modelling, experiments and implications for process performance

S Phuntsho, S Hong, M Elimelech, HK Shon - Journal of membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has gained significant research interest due to the wide range of
potential applications in desalination and wastewater reuse. However, the FO process being …