On maximum power of reverse osmosis separation processes

Desalination

Volumn 190, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 212-220

  Sorin, M ^a   Jedrzejak, S ^a   Bouchard, Christian ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoreversible reverse osmosis process; Exergy losses rate; Finite time thermodynamics (FTT); Power of separation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXERGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENDOREVERSIBLE PROCESS; EXERGY LOSSES RATE; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS (FTT);

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EXERGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE SEPARATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 33645540974     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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