Membrane-based seawater desalination: Present and future prospects

Desalination

Volumn 401, Issue , 2017, Pages 16-21

  Amy, Gary ^a,b,c   Ghaffour, Noreddine ^c   Li, Zhenyu ^c   Francis, Lijo ^c   Linares, Rodrigo Valladares ^c   Missimer, Thomas ^d   Lattemann, Sabine ^c  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greening of SWRO; Membranes; Seawater desalination; Specific energy consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESALINATION; DIALYSIS MEMBRANES; DISTILLATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; SEAWATER; WATER RESOURCES;

DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES; GREENING OF SWRO; MEMBRANE-BASED TECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; REVERSE ELECTRODIALYSIS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; ENERGY USE; MEMBRANE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84994644985     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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