Energy analysis and efficiency assessment of reverse osmosis desalination process

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 352-358

  Liu, Cui ^a   Rainwater, Ken ^a   Song, Lianfa ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration energy; Energy efficiency; Reverse osmosis; Thermodynamic restriction; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION ENERGY; CROSS FLOWS; EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; GRAPHICAL METHODS; MEMBRANE CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MINIMAL ENERGY; PERMEATE FLUX; RETENTATE; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; RO PROCESS; TOTAL ENERGY; WATER DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER FILTRATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79959497509     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.074     Document Type: Article

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