Forward osmosis: dyeing draw solutions for water reclamation from feed water resources

Abstract

Reactive Black 5 and Basic Blue 41 GRL dyeing solutions (dye-to-salt mixture in a 1:10 dye-to-salt mass ratio) were investigated as draw solutions (DS) in a forward osmosis (FO) system with a biomimetic membrane. Synthetic seawater (SSW) and textile wastewater (TWW1 and TWW2) were evaluated as feed solutions (FS) for water reclamation. Reactive Black 5 and Basic Blue 41 GRL were diluted from 0.02 M to concentrations of 0.002 and 0.004 M, respectively. With Reactive Black 5 as DS and SSW as FS, an initial flux of 20.24 L/m2 h and water recovery of 75% was achieved. Using TWW1 and TWW2, initial water fluxes of 19.51 and 13.43 L/m2 h were achieved, respectively, with a 30% water recovery. Using Basic Blue 41 GRL, initial water fluxes of 18.72, 15.13 and 13.42 L/m2 h were achieved with SSW, TWW1, and TWW2 as FS with water recoveries of 50%, 20% and 20%, respectively. The average reverse solute fluxes for Reactive Black 5 and Basic Blue 41 GRL were 0.06 to 0.34 g/m2 h, respectively. Diluted dyeing solutions were produced, with simultaneous water reclamation from SSW and TWW resulting in similar or higher water fluxes and lower reverse solute fluxes compared with other commercially available membranes.

Advances in forward osmosis (FO) technology for enhanced efficiency and output: A critical review

“…The draw solution is one of the main components in FO, as it provides the driving force for the process (Qasim et al, 2017). High osmotic pressure, high solubility, and low viscosity are important criteria in DS selection (Jingxi et al, 2019). Almost all draw solutions are aqueous (Chaoui et al, 2019); therefore, the DS may be distinguished according to the solute used.…”

“…Inorganic DS are usually monovalent or multivalent ions that have high water solubility and are thus able to create high osmotic pressure (Jingxi et al, 2019). They include Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , Ba 2+ , SO4 -2 , KCl, NaNO3 and NaCl (Johnson et al, 2018).…”