Forward Osmosis/Pressure Retarded Osmosis
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2015)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: membrane separation; forward osmosis; solute gradient; osmotic power; seawater desalination; water treatment and reuse; enhanced oil recovery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The applications of osmotically-driven membrane processes in seawater desalination, wastewater treatment and power generation are receiving much attention and growing very fast with a great potential for scaling-up and commercialization. This Special Issue of Forward Osmosis (FO) and Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) for power generation is motivated by having observed increasing interest expressed by various research groups in these fields and the large number of recently published papers covering various application aspects of these technologies. The Special Issue aims to provide an update on developments in the field and enhance understanding of the specific topics being addressed.
There has also been significant interest from the industry in osmotic processes with applications in desalination, water treatment, osmotic power, low salinity for enhanced oil recovery, treatment of co-produced water, wastewater treatment and reclamation among other applications. FO is not a standalone process and requires an additional step to separate the solvent from the draw solution and the recycling of the draw solution. Membrane, thermal, and chemical processes are used for draw solution regeneration and will also be covered in this Issue.
The Special Issue covers recent developments in the form of both theoretical and experimental studies in FO and PRO processes based on laboratory and field studies. This includes: hybrid processes and applications; FO membrane fabrication and characterization; membrane module and process design; process modeling and simulation; novel osmotic concepts; separation and regeneration of draw solution; PRO processes; osmotic power plants; techno-economic studies of FO and PRO processes; fouling and solute reverse diffusion; concentration polarization and modeling.
Prof. Dr. Adel Obaid Sharif
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- forward osmosis
- pressure retarded osmosis
- osmotic power
- direct osmosis
- draw solution
- somatically driven processes
- membrane separation
- concentration polarization
- membrane fouling
- desalination
- water treatment
- FO membrane fabrication
- membrane modeling
