Influence of temperature and permeate recovery on energy consumption of a reverse osmosis system

Desalination

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-266

  Agashichev, Sergei P ^a   Lootah, Khaled N ^b  

^a Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority   (United Arab Emirates)

^b DUBAI ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Modelling; Permeate recovery; Reverse osmosis; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; VISCOSITY;

MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ENERGY; PERMEATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0037431519     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(03)80041-3     Document Type: Article

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