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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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A Review: Desalination by Forward Osmosis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have discussed the usage of different types of membranes for FO desalination application and their performances enhancement by suitable modification has been discussed, as well as a significant amount of work has been carried out to produce high-performance FO membrane for Desalination.
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Chemical treatment technologies for waste-water recycling—an overview
TL;DR: In this paper, different types of water treatment and recycling techniques have been discussed in terms of their basic principles, applications, costs, maintenance and suitability, and a brief guideline for the selection of the appropriate technologies for specific applications has been evaluated.
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Application and modification of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes – A review
Guodong Kang,Yiming Cao +1 more
TL;DR: An overview of recent progress on the application and modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes can be found in this article, where two major problems of PVDF membranes in applications, namely membrane fouling and membrane wetting, are comprehensively reviewed.
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Water desalination via capacitive deionization : What is it and what can we expect from it?
TL;DR: Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging technology for the facile removal of charged ionic species from aqueous solutions, and is currently being widely explored for water desalination applications.
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Technical review and evaluation of the economics of water desalination: Current and future challenges for better water supply sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cost analysis of the reverse osmosis process and the main parameters influencing the total water cost produced by different desalination technologies, including capital and operating costs, as well as local incentives or subsidies.
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Operation experience of a solar- and wind-powered desalination demonstration plant
TL;DR: In this paper, the design, erection and operation process of a stand-alone desalination plant powered by both solar photovoltaic and wind energy is described. And the system was successfully erected and has been continuously operated producing 3 m3/d.
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Economics of seawater RO desalination in the Red Sea region, Egypt. Part 1. A case study
Azza Hafez,Samir El-Manharawy +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outlined the economic variables and limitations that influence the pure water cost by using the small capacity reverse osmosis desalination plants and evaluated the fixed and operating costs of five selected SWRO plants of 250, 500, 2000, 3500 and 4800 m 3 /d.
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Pretreatment trends — an overview
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The role of desalination in augmentation of water supply in GCC countries
TL;DR: The role of desalination for augmentation of water supply and the future needs for desalinated water are discussed in this article, where cost analysis and the approaches for reducing the cost of desalted water are outlined.
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Variation and prediction of membrane fouling index under various feed water characteristics
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of various fouant characteristics on membrane fouling index was investigated systematically, and the results showed that the fouling coefficient increased with increasing particle concentration, which was attributed to lessening of organic pore adsorption by particle cake layer formed on the membrane surface.