Vapor Trapping Membrane for Reverse Osmosis

This paper presents a concept for desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) using a vapor-trapping membrane. The membrane is composed of hydrophobic nanopores and separates the feed salt water and the fresh water (permeate) side. The feed water is vaporized by applied pressure and the water vapor condens...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laoui, Tahar, Lee, Jongho, O'Hern, Sean C, Karnik, Rohit
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: ASME International 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119798
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-9286