TY - GEN
T1 - Forward Progress in Reducing Oily-Wastewater:
T2 - A Forward Osmosis, Small-scale Pilot at a Metal Fabricator
AU - Marsch, Dan
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - Forward osmosis is the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a solution of a lower solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration. Taking advantage of this natural process, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) research staff successfully reduced volumes of three (3) common water-based industrial process waste streams at a small metal fabricator. Instead of conventional energy-intensive alternatives, researchers employed fledgling forward osmosis technology, using chemistry instead of energy to remove water from common process fluids.
AB - Forward osmosis is the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a solution of a lower solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration. Taking advantage of this natural process, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) research staff successfully reduced volumes of three (3) common water-based industrial process waste streams at a small metal fabricator. Instead of conventional energy-intensive alternatives, researchers employed fledgling forward osmosis technology, using chemistry instead of energy to remove water from common process fluids.
KW - Pollution prevention -- Illinois -- Case studies
KW - Metal fabrication -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Case studies
KW - Forward osmosis -- Case studies
KW - Water -- Purification -- Case studies
M3 - Other contribution
T3 - TN Series (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center)
PB - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
CY - Champaign, IL
ER -