Forward osmosis is an emerging osmosis-driven membrane process, which has benefits of
low energy consumption, low operational pressure, easy equipment, and low fouling. This …

Issues of water scarcity and water security have driven the rapid development of various
technologies to ensure water sustainability. The forward osmosis (FO) membrane process …

Contamination and industrial development are among the reasons for water quality
deterioration beyond treatability by conventional processes. Unfortunately, conventional …

Freshwater scarcity is one of the grand challenges that has posed threats to the global
economy, societal stability and ecosystem balance. Desalination has been long recognized …

The recent advancements in fabricating forward osmosis (FO) membranes have shown
promising results in desalination and water treatment. Different methods have been applied …

In this study, various cleaning methods are investigated to effectively control membrane
fouling (ie, organic fouling, colloidal fouling and scaling) in forward osmosis (FO). Simple …

Currently over 845 million people are believed to be living under severe water scarcity, and
an estimated 2.8 billion people across the globe are projected to come under serious water …

Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane separation technique used to recover water from feed
solution (FS) across a semi-permeable membrane, using a concentrated draw solution (DS) …

Recently, forward osmosis (FO) has attracted a great deal of attention in desalination and
wastewater treatment. Nevertheless, there are several critical challenges such as the need …

Wastewater reuse is considered one of the most promising practices for the achievement of
sustainable water management on a global scale. In the context of the safe reuse of water …