Minimization of energy in reverse osmosis water desalination using constrained nonlinear optimization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1822-1831

  Li, Mingheng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES; FEED-RATES; FRACTIONAL RECOVERY; GLOBAL MINIMA; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE AREA; MEMBRANE MODULE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRESSURE CHANGE; PUMP EFFICIENCY; RETENTATE; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SINGLE STAGE; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS; TWO STAGE; WATER DESALINATION; WATER YIELD; WORK FOCUS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DESALINATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 77649133010     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9012826     Document Type: Article

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