2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Novel Materials for Desalination

Great interest exists in novel materials for desalination, especially materials for membrane separation processes such as reverse osmosis and membrane distillation. This session seeks papers describing recent efforts to improve the performance and lifteime of desalination materials.

Chair

Robert McGinnis, Yale University

Co-Chair

Jeffrey R. McCutcheon, University of Connecticut

Presentations

12:30 PM

(660a) Hydrophilization of Thin Film Composite Membrane Support Layers for Engineered Osmosis Applications
Jeffrey R. McCutcheon, Jason Arena

12:55 PM

(660b) Using Nanocomposite Materials Technology to Improve the Properties of RO Membranes
MaryTheresa M. Pendergast, Eric M. V. Hoek

01:20 PM

(660c) Self-Assembled Mesoporous Carbon for Capacitive Deionization of Water
Costas Tsouris, David DePaoli, Sheng Dai, Jim Kiggans, Richard Mayes, Chia-Hung Hou, Sotira Yiacoumi

01:45 PM

(660d) Fundamental Water and Salt Transport Properties of a Novel Sulfonated Styrenic Pentablock Copolymer
Geoffrey M. Geise, Benny D. Freeman, Donald R. Paul, Anita J. Hill