On a novel strategy for water recovery and recirculation in biorefineries through application of forward osmosis membranes

Kalafatakis, Stavros; Braekevelt, Sylvie; Carlsen, Vilhelmsen; Lange, Lene; Skiadas, Ioannis V.; Gavala, Hariklia N.

doi:10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.092

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“…A similar FO application concept was proposed by Kalafatakis et al [ 126 ]. Crude glycerol as well as pretreated and enzymatically hydrolysed wheat straw (PHWS) were the investigated DS.…”

Section: Application Of Forward Osmosis Technology In Manufacturinmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review

Haupt

Lerch

2018

Membranes

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Forward osmosis (FO) is a membrane technology that uses the osmotic pressure difference to treat two fluids at a time giving the opportunity for an energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment. Various applications are possible; one of them is the application in industrial water management. In this review paper, the basic principle of FO is explained and the state-of-the-art regarding FO application in manufacturing industries is described. Examples of FO application were found for food and beverage industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, coal processing, micro algae cultivation, textile industry, pulp and paper industry, electronic industry, and car manufacturing. FO publications were also found about heavy metal elimination and cooling water treatment. However, so far FO was applied in lab-scale experiments only. The up-scaling on pilot- or full-scale will be the essential next step. Long-term fouling behavior, membrane cleaning methods, and operation procedures are essential points that need to be further investigated. Moreover, energetic and economic evaluations need to be performed before full-scale FO can be implemented in industries.

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“…A similar FO application concept was proposed by Kalafatakis et al [ 126 ]. Crude glycerol as well as pretreated and enzymatically hydrolysed wheat straw (PHWS) were the investigated DS.…”

Section: Application Of Forward Osmosis Technology In Manufacturinmentioning

confidence: 97%

“… Proposed FO application with fermentation feedstock concentrate as DS and fermentation product as FS (reprinted from [ 126 ] with permission from Elsevier). …”

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Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review

Haupt

Lerch

2018

Membranes

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“…Although evaporation has been suggested [ 157 ], other less energy intensive methods such as forward osmosis membranes could more likely be applied [ 158 , 159 ]. A very interesting approach was recently published where forward osmosis Aquaporin ® membranes, mimicking biological protein channels, were suggested to concentrate fermentation effluents from glycerol and wheat straw [ 160 ]. The novelty lied in the fact that the concentrated feedstock could be used as the water draw solution with the diluted fermentation effluent being the water feed solution.…”

Section: Pha Production By Mixed Microbial Consortia (Mmc)mentioning

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Recent Advances and Challenges towards Sustainable Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production

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Sustainable biofuels, biomaterials, and fine chemicals production is a critical matter that research teams around the globe are focusing on nowadays. Polyhydroxyalkanoates represent one of the biomaterials of the future due to their physicochemical properties, biodegradability, and biocompatibility. Designing efficient and economic bioprocesses, combined with the respective social and environmental benefits, has brought together scientists from different backgrounds highlighting the multidisciplinary character of such a venture. In the current review, challenges and opportunities regarding polyhydroxyalkanoate production are presented and discussed, covering key steps of their overall production process by applying pure and mixed culture biotechnology, from raw bioprocess development to downstream processing.

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“…Unfortunately, these draw solutions are rather expensive and have an intricate synthesis process, which complicates their commercial application. (Ansari et al, 2016;Gwak et al, 2018;Kalafatakis et al, 2017;Korenak et al, 2019;Takahashi et al, 2016;Zou and He 2016). Ansari et al, (2016) used real seawater draw solution to recover calcium phosphate from a digested sludge.…”

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Challenges and potentials of forward osmosis process in the treatment of wastewater

Ibrar

Altaee

Zhou

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Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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An emerging osmotically driven membrane process, forward osmosis has attracted growing attention in the field of desalination and wastewater treatment. The present study provides a critical review of the forward osmosis process for wastewater treatment focussing on most recent studies. Forward osmosis is one of the technologies that has been widely studied for the treatment of a wide range of wastewater because of its low fouling and energy consumption compared to conventional techniques for wastewater treatment. To date, forward osmosis has limited applications in the field of wastewater treatment due to several technical and economic concerns. Although membrane cost is one of the critical issues that limit the commercial application of forward osmosis, there are other obstacles such as membrane fouling, finding an ideal draw solution that can easily be recycled, concentration polarisation and reverse salt diffusion. Innovative technologies for in-situ real-time fouling monitoring can give us new insights into fouling mechanisms and fouling control strategies in forward osmosis. This study evaluated recent advancements in forward osmosis technology for wastewater treatment and the main challenges that need to be addressed in future research work.

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On a novel strategy for water recovery and recirculation in biorefineries through application of forward osmosis membranes

Cited by 23 publications

References 37 publications

Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review

Forward Osmosis Application in Manufacturing Industries: A Short Review

Recent Advances and Challenges towards Sustainable Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production

Challenges and potentials of forward osmosis process in the treatment of wastewater

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