Split-feed counterflow reverse osmosis for brine concentration

Forward Osmosis Brine Drying

The Forward Osmosis Brine Drying (FOBD) system is based on a technique called forward osmosis (FO). FO is a membrane-based process where the osmotic potential between brine and a salt solution is equalized by the movement of water from the brine to the salt solution. The FOBD system is composed of two main elements, the FO bag and the salt regeneration system. This paper discusses the results o...

Self-adaptive feed flow reversal operation of reverse osmosis desalination

► Self-adaptive mode of feed-flow reversal (FFR) was developed for RO desalting. ► FFR was triggered via mineral scale detection using an external membrane

Concentration Polarization in Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Effect of Membrane Splitting

We propose a simulation study in order to evaluate the effects of concentration polarization damping by splitting a single spiral-wound membrane module in two units connected in series inside the same shell. The reverse osmosis process in each unit is described by the advection-diffusion equation in two dimensions which is solved by a finite difference technique. Several feed regimes and operat...

Scaling control during membrane distillation of coal seam gas reverse osmosis brine

We systematically assess the efficiency of chemical cleaning and report a simple but elegant approach to control scaling during membrane distillation (MD) of brine from reverse osmosis (RO) treatment of coal seam gas (CSG) produced water. Results reported here show that increased feed water salinity and the permeation of CO2 from the feed solution resulted in only a small and gradual decrease i...

Reverse Osmosis Field Study