Salt partitioning and transport in polyamide reverse osmosis membranes at ultrahigh pressures
Pataroque K, Wu J, He J, Fan H, Mahajan S, Guo K, Le J, Au K, Wang L, Li Y, Hoek E, Elimelech M. Salt partitioning and transport in polyamide reverse osmosis membranes at ultrahigh pressures. Journal Of Membrane Science Letters 2024, 4: 100079. DOI: 10.1016/j.memlet.2024.100079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSalt permeanceSalt partition coefficientReverse osmosisPolyamide reverse osmosis membranesAffecting membrane performancePolyamide layer thicknessFeed salt concentrationReverse osmosis membranesQuartz crystal microbalanceDead-end cellStructure-performance relationshipRO membranesMembrane performancePolyamide layerOsmosis membranesWater transport mechanismFeed salinityOsmotic deswellingFrictional interactionPore sizeFeed concentrationNon-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulationsLayer thicknessPermeanceCrystal microbalance