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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2013.37.3.301

Design and Evaluation of Portable Forward Osmosis Desalination Device  

Park, Chul-Woo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang Univ.)
Kang, Ho (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang Univ.)
Jung, Dongho (Hyundai Motor Company)
Cha, Jaechul (Hyundai Heavy Industries)
Kim, Daejoong (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.37, no.3, 2013 , pp. 301-305 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to design a portable desalination device and discusses the feasibility of the device for overcoming a shortage of safe drinking water. A low-energy, self-supporting, and portable desalination device is designed based on forward osmosis (FO) using an ammonium bicarbonate solution. Experiments with various concentrations of ammonium bicarbonate solution and sodium chloride solution showed that the portable desalination device's performance such as volume and flow rate of desalting water and time required satisfied drinking water standards. The device performance is controlled by varying the concentration and temperature of the solution.
Keywords
Desalination; Seawater; Osmosis; Forward Osmosis; Semi-Permeable Membrane; Drinking Water; Ammonium Bicarbonate; Portability;
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