Photovoltaic based reverse osmosis desalination systems (PV/RO) present an effective method of water desalination especially in remote areas. The increase of the feed water temperature leads to an amelioration of the plant performances. Photovoltaic Thermal Collector (PV/T) represents an ideal power source as it provides both electric and thermal energies for the reverse osmosis process. Nevert...

We propose herein a novel microfluidic approach for the simultaneous active pumping and mixing of analytes in straight microchannel via AC field-effect control induced-charge electro-osmosis (ICEO) around metal–dielectric solid Janus cylinders inherent inhomogeneous electrical polarizability immersed an electrolyte solution. coin term “Janus flow transistor (Janus AC-FFET)” to describe this int...

The transport of liquid across charged porous membranes separating two electrolytic solutions of different composition consists of both a normal and an anomalous osmotic component. Anomalous osmosis does not occur with electroneutral membranes. Thus, with membranes which can be charged and discharged reversibly, normal osmosis can be measured with the membrane in the electroneutral state, and n...

There is a misconception among plant scientists that osmosis is driven by the tendency of solutes to dilute water. In this opinion article, we discuss the quantitative and qualitative failures of this view, and go on to review the correct kinetic picture of osmosis as it appears in physics textbooks.

The need of Belgian Navy to model infrared signatures of all their vessels requires to develop a software for computing such signatures. The proposed software (OSMOSIS [1]) can efficiently compute these signatures for a large database of ship geometries. This paper first discusses the recent novel research results included in OSMOSIS in order to make it applicable to more realistic scenario’s a...

This work aims to shed light on the scale-up a combined electrokinetic soil flushing process (EKSF) with permeable reactive barriers (PRB) for treatment of spiked clopyralid. To do this, remediation tests at lab (3.45 L), bench (175 L) and pilot (1400 scales have been carried out. The PRB selected was made merged particles zero valent iron (ZVI) granular activated carbon (GAC). Results show tha...

This paper presents some aspects of forward osmosis coupled with reverse osmosis using a recirculating draw solution, to produce desalinated water or for dewatering/concentrating a feed stream, with some data provided from a number of operational sites. Many of these aspects are applicable to other osmotic processes and provide an insight into where they may be appropriately considered. A compa...

Osmosis is fundamental to many processes, such as in the function of biological cells and in industrial desalination to obtain clean drinking water. The choice of solute in industrial applications of osmosis is highly important in maximising efficiency and minimising costs. The macro-scale process of osmosis originates from the nano-scale properties of the solvent, and therefore an understandin...