Forward osmosis systems for nitrate removal
Industrial request for forward osmosis based nitrate removal in desalination
ForwardOsmosisTech recently received a request from an Austrian company (see below) who is interested in a forward osmosis system capable of Nitrate...
FO commercialization: Oasys Water speeds ahead while Modern Water repositions
Oasys Water to double revenue in 2015 - from 10 to 20 million USD
In a recent WaterWorld article ("Forward Osmosis: Rethinking a Maverick technology"), Jim Matheson - CEO and president of...
Can forward osmosis be used for dissolving and diluting sucrose in industrial production?
Can forward osmosis systems be used for process optimization in white Biotech?
Recently, we at ForwardOsmosisTech were fortunate to receive a question from an industrial end user regarding the proposed use of...
The difference between a PRO process and the PRO membrane orientation mode
PRO process vs. PRO membrane orientation mode - a question from one of our readers
Recently, ForwardOsmosisTech received the following email from one our readers:
Hi
I'm really confused, and have one question about...
Efficiency of forward osmosis desalination by McGovern et. al. 2014
Article suggesting that forward osmosis is not energy efficient compared to reverse osmosis gains social media attention
On June 21st 2014, McGovern, a post-doc at MIT's Department of Mechanical engineering, and co-workers...
IDA forward osmosis webinar with focus on Oasys Water
Dr. Nathan Hancock, senior director of R&D for Oasys Water, shares his thoughts on forward osmosis based systems for water treatment.
In a recent IDA YLP (International Desalination Association Young Leaders Programme)...
How forward osmosis can help cut energy usage in industrial water treatment processes
The main challenge with today's water treatment technologies
Today's water treatment technologies are effective but not always efficient. As a result, considerably more energy will be needed to replenish ever dwindling fresh...
The use of fertilizer drawn forward osmosis for fertigation
The use of fertilizer drawn forward osmosis for fertigation - a real FO application or a pipe dream?
Fertigation is an agricultural irrigation process where water soluble fertilizers or soil improvement products...
Membrane fouling in forward osmosis (FO) processes is reversible
Membrane fouling in reverse osmosis and forward osmosis processes
The difference in membrane fouling between reverse osmosis and forward osmosis processes can be attributed to the underlying driving force for water transport.
In...
Hollow fiber forward osmosis membrane modules
Hollow fibre modules made from hollow fibre forward osmosis membranes
Hollow fibre module summary
Packing density
up to 1600 m2/m3
Advantage
ideally suitable for high volume applications due to high packing density and resulting small module...