Water desalination by forward (direct) osmosis phenomenon: A comprehensive review

M Qasim, NA Darwish, S Sarp, N Hilal - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) is a develo** technology, which is thought to have a potential of
producing potable water in an energy-efficient manner. FO is driven by the natural osmotic …

Modeling of osmotically-driven membrane processes: An overview

MAW Khan, MM Zubair, H Saleem, A AlHawari… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
In the modern era, mathematical modeling is a promising tool to evaluate the forward
osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) systems process feasibility and check …

Modeling of a forward osmosis and a pressure-retarded osmosis spiral wound module using the Spiegler-Kedem model and experimental validation

D Attarde, M Jain, SK Gupta - Separation and Purification Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
A mathematical model is developed for a spiral wound module for both forward osmosis
(FO) and pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) applications. This model is obtained by …

Novel thin-film composite tri-bore hollow fiber membrane fabrication for forward osmosis

L Luo, P Wang, S Zhang, G Han, TS Chung - Journal of Membrane Science, 2014 - Elsevier
We have developed novel tri-bore thin-film composite (TFC) hollow fiber (HF) membranes
for forward osmosis (FO) processes by employing a specially designed tri-bore blossom …

Draw solutions for Forward Osmosis process: Osmotic pressure of binary and ternary aqueous solutions of magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, sucrose and maltose

M Hamdan, AO Sharif, G Derwish, S Al-Aibi… - Journal of food …, 2015 - Elsevier
The objective of the present work is to investigate the behaviour of binary and ternary
aqueous systems, which could be employed in the selection criteria for draw agents (DA) to …

Thin film composite membranes for forward osmosis supported by commercial nanofiber nonwovens

MR Chowdhury, L Huang… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanofiber-supported thin film composites (TFC) for forward osmosis (FO) have shown great
promise as viable FO membranes in comparison to commercially available forward osmosis …

Quantitative evaluation of concentration polarization under different operating conditions for forward osmosis process

Y Wang, M Zhang, Y Liu, Q **ao, S Xu - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Concentration polarization (CP) in forward osmosis is one of the main factors that lower the
operating performance of the process. This study quantitatively analyzes the influences of …

Dilution of seawater using dewatered construction water in a hybrid forward osmosis system

AH Hawari, A Al-Qahoumi, A Ltaief, S Zaidi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, dewatered construction water was used for the first time as the feed solution in
a combined pretreatment-forward osmosis process to dilute seawater (ie draw solution) for …

Synthesis and characterization of PVC‐TFC hollow fibers for forward osmosis application

WK Al‐Musawy, MH Al‐Furaiji… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Forward osmosis (FO) is considered among the most encouraging water desalination
processes as a result of its high performance and low energy demand. Thin‐film composite …

A hybrid dead-end/cross-flow forward osmosis system for evaluating osmotic flux performance at high recovery of produced water

MR Chowdhury, J Ren, K Reimund, JR McCutcheon - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) has recently been considered as a means of treating or concentrating
produced water because of its low fouling propensity at high recoveries. However, while …