Rotating carbon nanotube membrane filter for water desalination

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作者
Tu, Qingsong [1 ]
Yang, Qiang [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Hualin [2 ]
Li, Shaofan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] E China Univ Sci & Technol, State Environm Protect Key Lab Environm Risk Ass, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China
来源
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2016年 / 6卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
MOLECULAR SIMULATION; PURIFICATION; TRANSPORT; HYDRATION; FLOW; PERMEABILITY; GROWTH; IONS;
D O I
10.1038/srep26183
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We have designed a porous nanofluidic desalination device, a rotating carbon nanotube membrane filter (RCNT-MF), for the reverse osmosis desalination that can turn salt water into fresh water. The concept as well as design strategy of RCNT-MF is modeled, and demonstrated by using molecular dynamics simulation. It has been shown that the RCNT-MF device may significantly improve desalination efficiency by combining the centrifugal force propelled reverse osmosis process and the porous CNT-based fine scale selective separation technology.
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