title: Rotating carbon nanotube membrane filter for water desalination.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Qingsong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.|State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory for Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory for Environmental Risk Assessment and Control on Chemical Process, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hualin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Shaofan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li