Session: Forward Osmosis for Water Treatment (2011 Annual Meeting)

Thursday, October 20, 2011: 12:30 PM

200 F (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:

Forward osmosis is being considered for a variety of applications related to low-cost energy production and water purification. This session will focus on both practical and fundamental aspects of forward osmosis, including mass transport in membrane structures and novel forward osmosis processes.

Sponsor:

Topical 1:Water Technology for Developed and Developing Countries

Co-Sponsor(s):

Membrane-Based Separations (02D), Water (09B), Separations Division (02)

Chair:

Jeffrey R. McCutcheon
Email: jeff@engr.uconn.edu

Co-chairs:

Tai-Shung Chung
Email: chencts@nus.edu.sg

Rong Wang
Email: RWang@ntu.edu.sg

12:30 PM

(691a) Fouling and Cleaning Behavior of Forward Osmosis Membrane (keynote)
Baoxia Mi

12:55 PM

(691b) Permeation of Interacting Solutes In Forward Osmosis
William Phillip, Jui Shan Yong and Menachem Elimelech

1:20 PM

(691c) Network-Based Finite Element Analysis for Studying the Effect of Support Structure On Internal Concentration Polarization During Forward Osmosis
Weiyi Li, Yiben Gao and Chuyang Y. Tang

1:45 PM

(691d) New Approaches to Forward Osmosis Membrane Design
Ngoc Bui, Jason Arena and Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

2:10 PM

(691e) Development of a Pilot-Scale Forward-Osmosis Desalination Process
Young Kim, Dong-Wook Oh, Yu-Chang Kim, Kong Hoon Lee and Jungho Lee

2:35 PM

(691f) Zero-Energy Osmotic Water Purifier for Ethiopia: Providing Clean Drink to Vulnerable Populations
Ethan Butler and Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

See more of this Group/Topical: Topical 1: Water Technology for Developed and Developing Countries (see also Separations Division)

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