Effect of thermodynamic restriction on energy cost Optimization of RO membrane water desalination

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 6010-6021

  Zhu, Aihua ^a   Christofides, Panagiotis D ^a   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; BRINE MANAGEMENT; CROSS FLOWS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES; ENERGY SAVING; LOWER PRESSURES; MEMBRANE AREA; MINERAL SCALING; MINIMUM ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OVERALL COSTS; PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PERMEATE FLOW RATES; PROCESS COSTS; RO MEMBRANE; RO PROCESS; TOTAL COSTS; WATER DESALINATION; WATER PRODUCTION; WATER PRODUCTION COST; WATER RECOVERY;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DESALINATION; METAL REFINING; MINING; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER FILTRATION;

COSTS;

EID: 67651036886     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie800735q     Document Type: Article

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