Investigating Fertilizer Drawn Forward Osmosis Process for Groundwater Desalination for Irrigation in Egypt
FDFO for groundwater desalination
Groundwater desalination could be a possible solution to Egypt’s scarcity problem through applying state-of-the-art desalination technologies. More than half of Egypt's area has access to brackish groundwater, 47%...
BBC Horizons: forward osmosis for industrial wastewater treatment
The concept of using forward osmosis for industrial wastewater treatment was recently covered in a BBC Horizons episode for BBC World News
Earlier this year, Sharanjit Leyl from BBC World News visited...
Is MLD the new ZLD for forward osmosis technologies?
Minimum Liquid Discharge (MLD) processes can achieve up to 95% water recovery at half the cost of achieving complete Zero Liquid Discharge
Water Technology Online recently published the article "MLD approach yields...
Perspectives on Commercialization of Forward Osmosis Technologies
The "low-energy technology" brand of forward osmosis
Forward osmosis emerges with a brand of “low-energy technology”. This brand is indeed justified when merely considering the forward osmosis (FO) process and excluding the...
How can we promote FO commercialization?
How can experts and commercial players within the FO field collaborate to promote the commercialization of forward osmosis?
The days are over, where companies can rely exclusively on internal R&D to bring...
Growing interest: forward osmosis in Zero Liquid Discharge systems
The use of Forward Osmosis Technologies in Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) systems and application is gaining traction
According to a recent International Desalination & Water Reuse article, Darco Water Technologies (a specialist...
Integrating forward osmosis in thermal desalination processes
Forward osmosis can reduce scaling and increase top brine temperature in thermal desalination (Multi-stage flash distillation, MSF) processes
In their article "Viability of integrating forward osmosis (FO) as pretreatment for existing MSF...
Inquiry: forward osmosis elements needed for an FO/RO wastewater pilot plant
Commercial suppliers needed to provide FO modules for an FO pilot system
Recently we received an inquiry from David (product engineer at PRODINTEC) who is on the lookout for FO modules to...
Inquiry: draw and feed circulation paths in FO modules
How do draw and feed streams circulate in an FO module?
Most of us who are interested in forward osmosis technologies and their applications are familiar with the general concept of how...
Inquiry about commercially available PRO membranes
Sourcing of commercially available Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) membranes for research purposes?
Recently, we received an inquiry from Lamar regarding the best commercial source of PRO membranes:
Greetings,
I am trying to find the...