Deep-sea reverse osmosis desalination for energy efficient low salinity enhanced oil recovery
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117661
Abstract: Abstract The decrease in the oil discoveries fuels the development of innovative and more efficient extraction processes. It has been demonstrated that Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR, or tertiary recovery technique) offers prospects for producing 30… read more here.
Keywords: low salinity; energy; osmosis; oil ... See more keywords
On a novel strategy for water recovery and recirculation in biorefineries through application of forward osmosis membranes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.092
Abstract: Abstract A great amount of research has been performed during the last 10 years focusing on forward osmosis (FO) processes. The main driving force is to find an effective and low energy demanding methodology for water… read more here.
Keywords: forward osmosis; water; water recovery; osmosis ... See more keywords
Metagenomic insights into the influence of salinity and cytostatic drugs on the composition and functional genes of microbial community in forward osmosis anaerobic membrane bioreactors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.172
Abstract: Abstract Wastewater treatment using forward osmosis anaerobic membrane bioreactors (FO-AnMBR) has a number of advantages over traditional wastewater treatment approaches. Previous studies have investigated the overall performance of lab-scale FO-AnMBR in treating synthetic wastewater. Due… read more here.
Keywords: cytostatic drugs; microbial community; community; osmosis ... See more keywords
Potable-quality water recovery from primary effluent through a coupled algal-osmosis membrane system.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124883
Abstract: A coupled algal-osmosis membrane treatment system was studied for recovering potable-quality water from municipal primary effluent. The core components of the system included a mixotrophic algal process for removal of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and… read more here.
Keywords: system; water; potable quality; osmosis ... See more keywords
A statistics-based forward osmosis membrane characterization method without pressurized reverse osmosis experiment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.023
Abstract: Abstract A simple forward osmosis (FO) membrane characterization method was developed based on the combination of a single FO test and a statistical approach to avoid the pressurized reverse osmosis (RO) test, which may damage… read more here.
Keywords: characterization method; osmosis; membrane; membrane characterization ... See more keywords
Analysis of enhancing water flux and reducing reverse solute flux in pressure assisted forward osmosis process
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.007
Abstract: Abstract Pressure assisted osmosis (PAO) has been recently suggested as a way to overcome the current limitations of forward osmosis (FO), since water flux can be increased by additional hydraulic driving force. To validate its… read more here.
Keywords: water flux; flux; process; osmosis ... See more keywords
Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis for high salinity brine treatment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.04.012
Abstract: Abstract This work evaluates a novel osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) process for dewatering high salinity brines using readily available membranes and equipment. While traditional reverse osmosis processes are limited to treating brines with osmotic… read more here.
Keywords: osmotically assisted; process; osmosis; high salinity ... See more keywords
Molecular dynamics modeling of nano-porous centrifuge for reverse osmosis desalination
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.09.015
Abstract: Abstract A concept of the porous graphene membrane centrifuge is proposed aiming at fabrication of large scale, fouling-free desalination machine with nanomaterial-based reverse osmosis modules. The concept as well as strategy of such porous rotating… read more here.
Keywords: reverse osmosis; desalination; angular velocity; osmosis ... See more keywords
Osmotic energy recovery from Reverse Osmosis using two-stage Pressure Retarded Osmosis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.050
Abstract: The integration of Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) with Seawater Reverse Osmosis is studied here in terms of energy recovery and changes of effluents. For this, two alternative integration designs are evaluated: one-stage PRO and a… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; two stage; energy; pressure retarded ... See more keywords
Use of Pressure-Retarded-Osmosis to reduce Reverse Osmosis energy consumption by exploiting hypersaline flows
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118969
Abstract: Power production from salinity gradients, the so-called Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO), has been actively investigated and tested since the 70s for its reliability and controllability. Besides these advantages, it seems a promising green solution since… read more here.
Keywords: pressure retarded; energy consumption; osmosis; pressure ... See more keywords
Evaluation of a new air water generator based on absorption and reverse osmosis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05060
Abstract: The evaluation of a new air water generator (AWG) based on absorption and reverse osmosis is described. For the evaluation, an aqueous lithium bromide solution has been selected from a wide range of liquids as… read more here.
Keywords: absorption reverse; water; air; evaluation ... See more keywords