While wind and solar are among the most well known renewable resources, salinity gradient power in nearly untapped and has the potential to increase renewable energy production by 20%. Pressure retarded osmosis is a way to capture this. PRO can be utilized in several configurations. The advantage of this system is the brine generated is diluted bac...

A pilot-scale osmotic membrane bioreactor (OMBR) was developed with a forward osmosis (FO) membrane submerged in a bioreactor and a Membrane Distillation re-concentration step driven by waste heat for potable wastewater reuse applications at military forward operating bases. Biofilm thickness, which is influenced by the forward osmosis (FO) membran...

A pilot-scale osmotic membrane bioreactor-membrane distillation (OMBR-MD) system was developed for potable wastewater reuse at military forward operating bases. The system consists of forward osmosis (FO) membranes submerged in a bioreactor and an MD system designed to reconcentrate the FO draw solution and generate product water using waste-heat. ...

Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven process that can be used to extract distillate-quality water from highconcentration streams using waste heat and/or solar thermal energy. To achieve near-100% rejection of solutes, MD relies on an hydrophobic, unwetted membrane. This presentation investigates the long-term (100-day) wetting resistanc...

Forward osmosis (FO) represent a low-fouling alternative compared to pressure-driven membrane processes, particularly as a pretreatment step for challenging feed waters. Thus, in practical applications, FO membrane fouling is anticipated. This work demonstrates for the first time that a membrane-independent limiting flux exists with fouled FO membr...

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