Sustainable water recovery from oily wastewater via forward osmosis-membrane distillation (FO-MD)

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 52; pp. 112 - 121
• Main Authors: Zhang, Sui, Wang, Peng, Fu, Xiuzhu, Chung, Tai-Shung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Acetic acid; Acetic Acid - chemistry; additives; cellulose; Cellulose - analogs & derivatives; Distillation; Droplets; emulsions; Flux; Fouling; Membranes; Membranes, Artificial; oils; Osmosis; Petroleum; Recovery; salinity; salt concentration; sodium chloride; solutes; surfactants; Sustainability; Waste Disposal, Fluid - methods; Waste water; Waste Water - chemistry; wastewater; Water Purification - instrumentation; Water Purification - methods; Integrated system; Forward osmosis; Membrane distillation; Water reuse; Oily wastewater

This study proposed and investigated a hybrid forward osmosis - membrane distillation (FO-MD) system for sustainable water recovery from oily wastewater by employing lab-fabricated FO and MD hollow fiber membranes. Stable oil-in-water emulsions of different concentrations with small droplet sizes (&...