A novel highly osmotic K/Fe3O4/CNF magnetic draw solution for salty water desalination
A novel highly osmotic K/Fe3O4/CNF magnetic draw solution for salty water desalination
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DOI:
10.1016/j.desal.2022.115903
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发表时间:
2022-09-15
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9.9
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Hassanpour, Ali
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作者:
Aende, Aondohemba;Gardy, Jabbar;Hassanpour, Ali
Forward osmosis (FO) is increasingly being studied as an alternative desalination technique to the other conventional desalination technologies, owing primarily to its low energy potential. However, the co-opted energy limitations in the draw solution (DS) regeneration stage in FO desalination processes and the lack of effective DS have hampered FO's implementation for potable water application on an industrial scale. In this work, we explored the Donnan principle to engineer a DS material having the duality of magnetic and solar-thermal separability functionalities from a sustainability viewpoint whilst exploiting a careful selection of material properties. A novel potassium functionalised iron oxide doped carbon nanofibres (K/Fe3O4/CNF) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) was successfully synthesised for FO desalination applications, utilising an eco-friendly strategy that improves hydrophilicity of DS without polymers. The novel DS obtained a significant osmotic pressure (86.1 bar), whilst it FO performance showed a small reverse salt flux (RSF) and specific reverse salt flux (SRSF) values of 0.10 gMH and 0.004 g/L, respectively. These values compare to at least