Optimization of Forward Osmosis for Oil Refinery Effluent Desalination Using Response Surface Methodology.

Elorm Obotey Ezugbe, Sudesh Rathilal, Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh

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Article in Membranes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Elorm Obotey EzugbeGreen Engineering and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and The Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4231-5628

Sudesh RathilalGreen Engineering and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and The Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4677-5309

Emmanuel Kweinor TettehGreen Engineering and Sustainability Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and The Built Environment, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-1400-7847

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Abstract

Repurposing usage of oil refinery wastewater with retrofitted desalination technology necessitates the optimization of a forward osmosis (FO) technology. Herein, factors such as draw solution concentration (DS-C) and feed and draw solution flow rates (FS-FR, DS-FR) play significant roles. In this study, the individualistic and interaction effects of these factors were explored to ascertain the FO performance. The effects of these operating factors, DS-C (20-50 g/L), DS-FR (7.5-9.4 L/h), and FS-FR (7.5-9.4 L/h), and their interactive effects on the permeation flux and rejection of Cl

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forward osmosisoptimizationpermeate fluxresponse surface methodology (RSM)

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PMID41893272

DOI10.3390/membranes16030086

PMCPMC13028418

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