Effect of stream mixing on RO energy cost minimization

Desalination

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-239

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane desalting; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Thermodynamic restriction; Two pass membrane desalination

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MIXING; NANOFILTRATION; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER RECYCLING;

ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; FEED STREAMS; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; OPTIMAL STATE; SALT REJECTIONS; SINGLE STAGE; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WATER RECOVERY;

RIVERS;

DESALINATION; ENERGY USE; MEMBRANE; MIXING; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING; STREAM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78049449799     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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