Cover Illustration
2017, Vol.3 No.3 The cover picture shows that the separation of oil-water via a hybrid forward osmosis-post-treatment process. The oily wastewater was treated through a hydroacid complex facilitated FO system, followed by post-treatment to re-concentrate the dilute draw solution of hydroacid complex and collect product water. Hydroacid complexes have great potentials as draw solutes for FO due to their superior performance in terms of high FO water fluxes and negligible reverse solute diffusion and are widely used in the FO process for wastewater reclamation, seawater desalination, osmotic power generation and pharmaceutical enrichment. More details are discussed in the article by Ge and coworkers on page 148—154.