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Investigation of thin-film composite hollow fiber forward osmosis membrane for osmotic concentration: A pilot-scale study

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The current study applied the forward osmosis (FO) based osmotic concentration (OC) process at the pilot-scale for concentrating synthetic feed solution (FS). The process water (PW) salinity represents effluents from the gas industry, while the draw solution (DS) mimics seawater. Besides, the performance of a hollow fiber (HF) membrane manufactured from polyamide thin film composite (PA-TFC) was evaluated. The effect of operation with various feed recovery rates, flowrates and temperatures on the OC performance was examined. Outcomes reveal that the tested membrane succeeded in recovering up to 90% of FS at water flux of 6.40 LMH. The stability of OC plant was successfully demonstrated for 48 hours long-term run at 75% feed recovery as an optimum condition, where the TFC membrane achieved average water flux of 6.00 LMH, respectively. Higher DS flowrate improved the OC performance by inducing higher water permeation and FS recovery; however, it increased the undesirable reverse solute diffusion. Lastly, the permeability coefficient of the HF membrane was estimated by 2.69 LMH/bar at 25 °C, which significantly enhanced at higher temperatures.

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This work was made possible by the support of a National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) grant from the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), grant reference number NPRP10-0118170191. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. The authors would like to thank Dan Jerry Cortes from Qatar University and Arnold Janson from ConocoPhillips, Qatar for providing useful information for this paper.

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  1. Gas Processing Centre, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Rem Jalab, Abdelrahman Mohammed Awad, Mustafa Saleh Nasser & Ibnelwaleed Ali Hussein

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

    Fares Almomani

  3. ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Centre, Qatar Science & Technology Park, Doha, Qatar

    Joel Minier-Matar & Samer Adham

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Jalab, R., Awad, A.M., Nasser, M.S. et al. Investigation of thin-film composite hollow fiber forward osmosis membrane for osmotic concentration: A pilot-scale study. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 178–188 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-021-0935-9

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