Forward Osmosis

A membrane technology that separates two solutions based on the difference in their osmotic potential.

LUX TAKE:

Many early-stage companies in FO initially targeted seawater desalination to produce drinking water or process water, but the two-step FO process has yet to successfully compete with the incumbent technology in the space. However, new developments, both in research and from startups, make FO "a force to reckon with" for separations of high value and industrial wastewater. The technology's low ...

Data last updated on April 02, 2020

What's New

Lux Research analysts and the Lux Intelligence Engine have added the following recent forward osmosis developments.

News Commentaries

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory develops ionic liquid separation process for forward osmosis and brine concentration (October 17, 2019)

Modern Water plans to sell its water quality monitoring division to rapidly commercialize membrane offerings (October 3, 2019)

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Related companies	Porifera, Oasys Water, Agua Via, Aquaporin, Applied Biomimetic, Forward Water Technologies, Hydroxsys NZ, Trevi Systems, Aquafortus, Hyrec, Fluid Technology Solutions, De.mem, EDERNA, Fluvicon

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