Experimental results from RO-PRO: A next generation system for low-energy desalination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6437-6443

  Achilli, Andrea ^a   Prante, Jeri L ^b   Hancock, Nathan T ^c   Maxwell, Eric B ^c   Childress, Amy E ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Nevada   (United States)

^c Oasys Water Inc   (United States)

^d Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

CROSSFLOW VELOCITIES; ELEVATED PRESSURE; ENERGY REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; NEXT GENERATION SYSTEMS; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; SPECIFIC ENERGY REQUIREMENT;

DESALINATION;

DATA SET; DESALINATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PRESSURE EFFECT; VELOCITY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY YIELD; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCALE UP; WASTE WATER; WATER PERMEABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OSMOLARITY; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SALINITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84901945074     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405556s     Document Type: Article

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