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Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges
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Key parameters of an RO process and process modifications due to feed water characteristics are brought to light by a direct comparison of seawater and brackish water RO systems.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2009-05-01. It has received 2665 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reverse osmosis plant & Desalination.read more
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Membrane distillation at the water-energy nexus: limits, opportunities, and challenges
Akshay Deshmukh,Chanhee Boo,Vasiliki Karanikola,Shihong Lin,Anthony P. Straub,Tiezheng Tong,David M. Warsinger,Menachem Elimelech +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the key challenges facing membrane distillation and explore the opportunities for improving membrane membranes and system design, highlighting the outlook for MD desalination, highlighting challenges and key areas for future research and development.
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Reverse osmosis desalination: A state-of-the-art review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an updated review of studies related to membrane modules (plate and frame, tubular, spiral wound, and hollow fiber) and membrane characterization and discuss membrane cleaning and different pre-treatment technologies in place for RO desalination, such as feed-water pretreatment and biocides.
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Advances in Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination and Purification Applications
Lucy Mar Camacho,Ludovic F. Dumée,Jianhua Zhang,Jun-de Li,Mikel Duke,Juan Gomez,Stephen Gray +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the fundamental heat and mass transfer processes in membrane distillation, recent advances in membrane technology, module configurations, and applications and economics of membrane distilled water is presented.
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State of the art and review on the treatment technologies of water reverse osmosis concentrates.
TL;DR: An overview on the potential treatments to overcome the environmental problems associated to the direct discharge of RO concentrates is given and recent studies that are mainly focused on reducing the organic pollutant load through the application of innovative advanced oxidation technologies are addressed.
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The Global Rise of Zero Liquid Discharge for Wastewater Management: Drivers, Technologies, and Future Directions
Tiezheng Tong,Menachem Elimelech +1 more
TL;DR: This critical review discusses the drivers, incentives, technologies, and environmental impacts of zero liquid discharge, and highlights the evolution of ZLD from thermal- to membrane-based processes, and analyzes the advantages and limitations of existing and emerging ZLD technologies.
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