University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Forward Progress in Reducing Oily-Wastewater: A Forward Osmosis, Small-scale Pilot at a Metal Fabricator

Marsch, Dan

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Title
Forward Progress in Reducing Oily-Wastewater: A Forward Osmosis, Small-scale Pilot at a Metal Fabricator
Author(s)
Marsch, Dan
Issue Date
2012, 2013
Keyword(s)
  • Pollution prevention -- Illinois -- Case studies
  • Metal fabrication -- Environmental aspects -- Illinois -- Case studies
  • Forward osmosis -- Case studies
  • Water -- Purification -- Case studies
Abstract
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.
Publisher
Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
Series/Report Name or Number
TN Series (Illinois Sustainable Technology Center); TN13-103
Type of Resource
  • text
  • image
Language
en
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TN Series and other Factsheets - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center PRIMARY
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