Staged reverse osmosis operation: Configurations, energy efficiency, and application potential

Desalination

Volumn 366, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-14

  Lin, Shihong ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Energy consumption; Reverse osmosis; Staged operation; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CLOSED CIRCUIT; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY REDUCTION; RO DESALINATION; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SPECIFIC ENERGY; STAGED OPERATION; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84939938333     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.02.043     Document Type: Article

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