Energy consumption and membrane replacement cost for seawater RO desalination plants

Desalination

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 151-158

  Avlonitis, S A ^a   Kouroumbas, K ^a   Vlachakis, N ^a  

^a TEI of Halkidas ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Maintenance; Membrane cleaning; Reverse osmosis plants

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; FEEDWATER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS (SWRO);

SEAWATER;

COST; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEA WALL;

EID: 0042342440     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(03)00395-3     Document Type: Article

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