Smart utilisation of reverse solute diffusion in forward osmosis for water treatment: A mini review

X Wu, X Zhang, H Wang, Z Xie - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has been widely studied as a promising technology in wastewater
treatment, but undesirable reverse solute diffusion (RSD) is inevitable in the FO process …

Comparative analysis of conventional and emerging technologies for seawater desalination: Northern Chile as a case study

A Saavedra, H Valdés, A Mahn, O Acosta - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this work was to study different desalination technologies as alternatives to
conventional reverse osmosis (RO) through a systematic literature review. An expert panel …

Enhancing forward osmosis (FO) performance of polyethersulfone/polyamide (PES/PA) thin-film composite membrane via the incorporation of GQDs@ UiO-66-NH2 …

M Bagherzadeh, A Bayrami, M Amini - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Thin film nanocomposite FO membranes were fabricated by using GQDs@ UiO-
66-NH 2 fillers.•Hydrophilicity and roughness of polyamide layer were altered via the …

Enhancing ammonium rejection in forward osmosis for wastewater treatment by minimizing cation exchange

K Almoalimi, YQ Liu - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Ammonium permeation to draw solution (DS) is very common in forward osmosis (FO)
treatment due to the negative charge nature of the membrane, which restricts the application …

Synchronously recovering different nutrient ions from wastewater by using selective electrodialysis

Y Li, ZL Ye, R Yang, S Chen - Water Science & Technology, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Digestive slurry normally contains various nutrient ions with high concentrations, including
NH4+, PO43-, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+ and SO42-, which is a resource pool for nutrient recovery. In …

Current State-of-the-Art of Non-Reverse Osmosis-like Forward Osmosis Technology

ZH Chang, JY Sum, WJ Lau, WL Ang, YH Teow… - Journal of Membrane …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has gained attention for its reduced fouling propensity. Traditional FO
thin-film composite membranes, akin to reverse osmosis (RO)-like FO membranes, feature a …

Corn stalk-derived carbon quantum dots with abundant amino groups as a selective-layer modifier for enhancing chlorine resistance of membranes

D Wang, Y Zhang, Z Cai, S You, Y Sun… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low permeability and chlorine resistance of normal thin-film composite (TFC) membranes
restrict their practical applications in many fields. This study reports the preparation of a high …

Electrochemical-osmotic process for simultaneous recovery of electric energy, water, and metals from wastewater

M Sun, M Qin, C Wang, G Weng, M Huo… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A highly-efficient, autonomous electrochemical-osmotic system (EOS) is developed for
simultaneous recovery of electric energy, water, and metals from wastewater. We …

Electrostatic interaction governed solute transport in forward osmosis

G Qiu, GKW Wong, YP Ting - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Electrolytes are commonly employed as draw solutes in forward osmosis (FO). This work
demonstrates that electrostatic interactions play a key role in ion transport in the FO process …

Effect of salinity on mature wastewater treatment biofilm microbial community assembly and metabolite characteristics

J Wang, Q Liu, B Wu, H Hu, D Dong, J Yin… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The response mechanism of wastewater treatment biofilms to salt stress has not yet been
fully established. The aim of this study was to reveal the comprehensive biological effects of …