Final Report: Computer Simulation of Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis in Structured Membranes

doi:10.2172/1032490

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DOI	10.2172/1032490
报告编号	FINAL REPORT
来源ID	OSTI ID: 1032490
	Final Report: Computer Simulation of Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis in Structured Membranes
	Sohail Murad
	2012-01-03
出版年	2012
语种	英语
国家	美国
领域	地球科学
英文摘要	Molecular simulation methods were developed as part of this project to increase our fundamental understanding of membrane based separation systems. Our simulations clarified for example that steric (size) effects had a significant impact on the desalination membranes. Previously it was thought the separation was entirely driven by coulombic force (attractive/repulsive forces at the membrane surfaces). Steric effects played an important role, because salt ions in brackish water are never present alone, but are strongly hydrated which effectively increases their size, and makes it impossible to enter a membrane, while the smaller water molecules can enter more readily. Membrane surface effects did play a role in increasing the flux of water, but not in the separation itself. In addition we also developed simulation methods to study ion exchange, gas separations, and pervaporation. The methods developed were used to once again increase our fundamental understanding of these separation processes. For example our studies showed that when the separation factor of gases in membranes can be significantly affected by the presence of another gas, it is generally because the separation mechanism has changed. For example in the case of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, in their pure state the separation factor is determined by diffusion, while in mixtures it is influenced more by adsorption in the membrane (zeolite in our case) Finally we developed a new technique using the NMR chemical shift to determine intermolecular interactions for mixtures. For polar-nonpolar systems such as Xe dissolved in water we were able to significantly improve the accuracy of gas solubilities, which are very sensitive to the cross interaction between water and Xe.
英文关键词	Molecular Modeling Reverse Osmosis Gas Separation Water Treatment Pervaporation.
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来源平台	US Department of Energy (DOE)
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/5693
专题	地球科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sohail Murad. Final Report: Computer Simulation of Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis in Structured Membranes,2012.