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Realistic Advancement in Engineered Osmosis for Water Treatment

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The industrial revolution led to tremendous change in global population and pollution rate. Especially, polluting the available freshwater is creating unexcelled demand for water to meet the global needs. The conventional water reclamation techniques endure energy cost and technical efficiency. Hence, there is a need for sustainable water reclamation technique with low cost, high operation flexibility, performance and maintenance. Forward osmosis or engineered osmosis emerged as the powerful substantial technique suitable for water treatment. This chapter focuses on the advantages, feasibility, challenges and opportunities of engineered osmosis for water treatment. The significant progress of engineered osmosis in the area of water treatment, commercial availability, process configurations and operations are discussed. Further, emanate the potential area of improvement in the near future, integrated designs and other innovative technologies for water treatment by engineered osmosis are also discussed.

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Rathna, R., Nakkeeran, E., Varjani, S. (2019). Realistic Advancement in Engineered Osmosis for Water Treatment. In: Bui, XT., Chiemchaisri, C., Fujioka, T., Varjani, S. (eds) Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3259-3_10

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