Research and Innovation on Reverse and Forward Osmosis Membrane Processes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 223
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reverse osmosis (RO) and forward osmosis (FO) are two important membrane-based processes whose applications have continued to expand. Although RO and FO are primarily utilized in seawater desalination and wastewater treatment processes, the applicative potential of these two membrane processes, such as in food processing, pharmaceutical concentration and mineral processing, has been steadily growing. The research and development of organic solvent reverse osmosis (OSRO) and organic solvent forward osmosis (OSFO) membrane processes for the treatment of non-aqueous solutions have garnered particular attention in recent years.
This Special Issue aims to provide an overview of recent developments in RO and FO membrane technology, and authors are invited to submit contributions on topics including, but not limited to, the following: (i) novel RO, FO, OSRO and OSFO membrane materials; (ii) novel draw solute materials for FO and OSFO membrane processes; (iii) emerging application areas of RO, FO, OSRO and OSFO membrane processes; and (iv) hybrid RO, FO, OSRO and OSFO membrane processes.
Dr. Yusak Hartanto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reverse osmosis
- forward osmosis
- organic solvent reverse osmosis
- organic solvent forward osmosis
- desalination
- water treatment
- food processing
- mineral processing
- pharmaceutical processing
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