Preparation of thin-film composite membranes supported with electrospun nanofibers for desalination by forward osmosis

Al-Furaiji, Mustafa; Kadhom, Mohammed; Kalash, Khairi; Waisi, Basma; Albayati, Noor

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-13-51-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-13-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-13-51-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Research article

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28 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 28 Oct 2020

Preparation of thin-film composite membranes supported with electrospun nanofibers for desalination by forward osmosis

Mustafa Al-Furaiji, Mohammed Kadhom, Khairi Kalash, Basma Waisi, and Noor Albayati

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Final revised paper (published on 28 Oct 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments', Bas Heijman, 04 May 2020
- SC1: 'Preparation of TFC Membranes Supported with Electrospun Nanofibers for Desalination by Forward Osmosis', Mustafa Alfuraiji, 06 May 2020
- AC1: 'Replying to the reviewer', Mohammed Kadhom, 06 May 2020
  - RC2: 'recycling of the draw solution', Bas Heijman, 14 May 2020
    - AC3: 'RC2 reply', Mohammed Kadhom, 11 Aug 2020
RC3: 'dwes-2020-9 review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'Replying to the reviewer 2', Mohammed Kadhom, 03 Aug 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (14 Aug 2020) by Luuk Rietveld

AR by Mohammed Kadhom on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Sep 2020) by Luuk Rietveld

AR by Mohammed Kadhom on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

One of the crucial aspects of developing a forward osmosis (FO) process is making a suitable membrane. In this work, an FO membrane was synthesized by making a polyamide selective layer on an electrospun nanofiber support layer. The prepared thin-film composite (TFC) membrane showed good performance in terms of water flux and salt rejection compared to the commercially available membranes. Also, it showed other good properties, namely porosity, hydrophilicity, and mechanical strength.