Using UCST Ionic Liquid as a Draw Solute in Forward Osmosis to Treat High-Salinity Water

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• 作者：Yujiang Zhong ; Xiaoshuang Feng ; Wei Chen ; Xinbo Wang ; Kuo-Wei Huang ; Yves Gnanou ; Zhiping Lai
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January 19, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：50
• 期：2
• 页码：1039-1045
• 全文大小：349K
• ISSN：1520-5851

文摘

The concept of using a thermoresponsive ionic liquid (IL) with an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) as a draw solute in forward osmosis (FO) was successfully demonstrated here experimentally. A 3.2 M solution of protonated betaine bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([Hbet][Tf2N]) was obtained by heating and maintaining the temperature above 56 °C. This solution successfully drew water from high-salinity water up to 3.0 M through FO. When the IL solution cooled to room temperature, it spontaneously separated into a water-rich phase and an IL-rich phase: the water-rich phase was the produced water that contained a low IL concentration, and the IL-rich phase could be used directly as the draw solution in the next cycle of the FO process. The thermal stability, thermal-responsive solubility, and UV–vis absorption spectra of the IL were also studied in detail.