Performance evaluation of deep eutectic solvent as a draw solute and vertical up-flow forward osmosis module for desalination of seawater
- 3 December 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Vol. 30 (11), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24192-1
Abstract
Forward osmosis (FO) has gained prominence in recent years particularly in desalination due to its ability to operate at low or no hydraulic pressure, with relatively limited membrane fouling and high-water recovery. However, pre-treatment of seawater is required to reduce membrane fouling caused by the presence of suspended solid particles. Also, a significant area of research in forward osmosis is still finding a suitable draw solute (DS) with the ideal characteristics. In this study, a novel deep eutectic solvent (DES) draw solute was used and able to extract water after the 500% dilution of DS. This signifies it as the potential candidate for the ideal DS. A comparative study of plate and frame and vertical up-flow forward osmosis (VUF) FO modules has been evaluated to eliminate the drawbacks associated with FO in terms of membrane fouling and draw solute. In addition, the performance of a novel DES as reline (choline chloride-urea) has been tested in both the modules. In VUF module, significantly less fouling was observed than in the plate and frame module. The initial water flux in plate and frame module was 2.30 LMH with seawater (without pre-treatment) as feed. However, it dropped to 1 LMH after 26 h of run. However, initial water flux in VUF was 1.90 LMH, and it was maintained to 1.50 LMH after 89 h of run. Regeneration of draw solute was carried out using a phase separation method and it was observed that phase separation was only observed for 10% dilution of DES.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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