抄録
Reverse osmosis (RO) is one of the representative membrane separation technologies for separation of solute and solvent molecules such as desalination of seawater. Forward osmosis also attracts attention as a new separation method for energy saving and efficient concentration or desalination processes. The recent advance of molecular simulations for RO membranes in five years has been astonished. Also, the application of molecular simulation to study of FO membrane processes is in progress more and more. Molecular simulations under realistic experimental conditions can be implemented for RO membrane processes, and the reliability of simulation results is getting higher. For development of FO membranes, molecular simulations would be a useful tool for design of a novel water channel and characterization of its properties. The role of molecular simulations in development support of high performance separation membranes is expected to become expanded further in near future.
