On the application of the Spiegler-Kedem model to forward osmosis
- Submitting institution
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University of Durham
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 123250
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1186/s42480-019-0014-8
- Title of journal
- BMC Chemical Engineering
- Article number
- 15
- First page
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- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 25244175
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s42480-019-0014-8
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Reclamation of potable water from seawater is crucial. This is the first paper to assess, for forward osmosis, the performance of the acclaimed Spiegler-Kedem (S-K) model whose parameters are water and salt permeabilities and leakage coefficient. Analysis showed intriguing counter-intuitive outcomes for forward osmosis because the linkage of leakage coefficient to solvent flux is ill-founded. This necessitates re-examination of the S-K model for both forward and reverse osmosis. More appropriate linkages to applied pressure are being explored in collaboration with major centres worldwide: European Desalination Society Director-General Balaban (balaban@desline.com) and Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Singapore (Professor Wang RWang@ntu.edu.sg).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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