Peer-Reviewed Forward Osmosis Research

Papers

& publications

Seven source-checked publications, six journal articles and a DOE final technical report, document Trevi's California brine-management field trials, the NELHA plant, and the pilot, draw-solution, and membrane research around them.

Source library · 2015–2026

Seven Publications, With Original Sources

Titles, authors, dates, and links travel with each entry so readers can evaluate the plant, pilot, and methods literature on its own terms.

  1. 01
    2026Journal articleProject publication

    High-Recovery Inland Brine Management for California Water Resilience: Comparative Field Performance of Switchable-Solvent Softening and Electro-Membrane Concentration Across Five Pilot Demonstrations

    John Webley · Michael Greene · Clark Easter

    Academic Journal of Research and Scientific Publishing · Vol. 8 · Issue 86 · DOI 10.52132/Ajrsp.e.2026.86.1

    The peer-reviewed report on the five-site California pilot program, comparing softening and electro-membrane concentration pathways and reporting water recovery of 84.2–98.4% for near-zero-liquid-discharge operation.

  2. 02
    2024Journal articleProject publication

    Delivery of a Solar-Powered Forward Osmosis Seawater Desalination Plant: Trevi's 500 m3/day Zero-Carbon FO Seawater Desalination Plant at NELHA

    John Webley · Michael Greene · Jui Shan Yong

    Academic Journal of Research and Scientific Publishing · Vol. 5 · Issue 58

    A journal account of the plant's delivery and configuration at NELHA.

  3. 03
    2024Technical reportProject publication

    Hawaii Solar Desalination Project Final Technical Report

    Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority · PI Gregory P. Barbour

    U.S. Department of Energy / OSTI · Award DE-EE0008403

    The final federal report covering October 2018 through January 2024.

  4. 04
    2022Journal articlePilot & draw solution

    Potentialities of thermal responsive polymer in forward osmosis (FO) process for water desalination

    Rosemary Colciaghi · Riccardo Simonetti · Luca Molinaroli · Marco Binotti · Giampaolo Manzolini

    Desalination 519 · 115311

  5. 05
    2019Journal articlePilot & draw solution

    Performance evaluation of a thermoresponsive polyelectrolyte draw solution in a pilot scale forward osmosis seawater desalination system

    Mansour Ahmed · Rajesha Kumar · B. Garudachari · Jibu P. Thomas

    Desalination 452

  6. 06
    2019Journal articleMethods & context

    Synthesis of polybenzimidazole (PBI) forward osmosis (FO) membrane and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of concentration gradient across membrane surface

    Nawshad Akther · Sahar Daer · Qiang Wei · Isam Janajreh · Shadi W. Hasan

    Desalination 452

  7. 07
    2015Journal articleMethods & context

    Technology developments in forward osmosis to address water purification

    John Webley

    Desalination and Water Treatment 55

Inclusion means a source exists and describes a specific plant, pilot, or study. It does not mean a reported result generalizes to another feed, site, or system configuration.