Second law analysis of reverse osmosis desalination plants: An alternative design using pressure retarded osmosis

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6617-6626

  Sharqawy, Mostafa H ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^a   Lienhard, John H ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Energy recovery device; Exergy analysis; Pressure retarded osmosis; Reverse osmosis; Seawater

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; EXERGY; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER FILTRATION;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; AVAILABLE ENERGY; COMMON MODELS; ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES; ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM; EXERGY ANALYSIS; INPUT POWER; LIQUID WATER; MIXTURE MODEL; OSMOTIC METHOD; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SECOND LAW ANALYSIS; SECOND LAW EFFICIENCIES; WORK OF SEPARATION;

OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; EXERGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80655148930     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.056     Document Type: Article

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