Forward Osmosis: Temperature Effects  By Using Pome as Feed Solution

Hanizah Arifin; Thomas SY Choong; Chan Kam Rong; Fakhru'l Al-Razi Ahmadun; Luqman Chuah Abdullah; Luqman Chuah Abdullah

Hanizah Arifin Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Thomas SY Choong Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA; INTROP, Universiti Putra Malaysia , 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Chan Kam Rong Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Fakhru'l Al-Razi Ahmadun Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Luqman Chuah Abdullah Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Luqman Chuah Abdullah Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Keywords: forward osmosis, POME, temperature, membrane orientation, concentration polarization, water flux

Abstract

Forward osmosis (FO) has recently been considered as one of the promising technologies for low energy applications. Factors that influence FO performance are draw solution, types of membrane, membrane orientation, cross flow velocity, module configuration and temperature effect. In this study, the influence of temperature on the performance of FO process has been studied in terms of water flux by using raw POME as feed solution. A higher temperature creates a higher water fluxes at various draw solution concentrations. Percentages of water flux increments for raw POME are between 7% to 9% from 25ºC to 35ºC and 32% to 75% from 25ºC to 45ºC.

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