Transactions of Tianjin University • Vol 24 • No 6
Influence of Temperature on the Performance of Forward Osmosis Using Ammonium Bicarbonate as Draw Solute
May 2018 • Liyuan Feng, Lixin Xie, Gaofeng Suo, Xiaofeng Shao, Tao Dong
This study investigated the influence of temperature on the performance of forward osmosis (FO) under the condition that the feed solution (FS) temperature was different from draw solution (DS) temperature. An FO model considering the mass and heat transfer between FS and DS was developed, and the FO experiment with ammonium bicarbonate solution as DS and sodium chloride solution as FS was carried out. The predicted water flux and reverse draw solute flux using the developed model coincided with the experimental f…