Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery

Solvent recovery is an important process in the pharmaceutical industry, but organic solvent nanofiltration membranes operate under high pressures. Here the authors demonstrate organic solvent forward osmosis — an alternative process that does not require application of external pressure and may pro...

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Main Authors: Yue Cui, Tai-Shung Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03612-2
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spelling doaj-3c78cd5752184774a8001f9538da8a012021-05-11T09:21:23ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-04-01911910.1038/s41467-018-03612-2Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recoveryYue Cui0Tai-Shung Chung1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of SingaporeDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of SingaporeSolvent recovery is an important process in the pharmaceutical industry, but organic solvent nanofiltration membranes operate under high pressures. Here the authors demonstrate organic solvent forward osmosis — an alternative process that does not require application of external pressure and may prove to be economically favorable.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03612-2
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title Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery
title_short Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery
title_full Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery
title_fullStr Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery
title_full_unstemmed Pharmaceutical concentration using organic solvent forward osmosis for solvent recovery
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publishDate 2018-04-01
description Solvent recovery is an important process in the pharmaceutical industry, but organic solvent nanofiltration membranes operate under high pressures. Here the authors demonstrate organic solvent forward osmosis — an alternative process that does not require application of external pressure and may prove to be economically favorable.
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