How RO membrane permeability and other performance factors affect process cost and energy use: A review

Y Okamoto, JH Lienhard - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Reverse osmosis (RO) technology has progressed steadily over the last few decades. Those
gains were achieved through improvements in both RO membrane element performance …

Membrane processes for a sustainable industrial growth

MG Buonomenna - RSC advances, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This review gives an overview of the key results in various fields of membrane technology
with special emphasis to their exploitation in sustainable industrial applications …

Energy, exergy, exergoenvironmental, and economic assessments of the multigeneration system powered by geothermal energy

Y Cao, MA Ehyaei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, a new geothermal powered multigeneration system is proposed and analyzed
via energy, exergy, economic, and exergoenvironmental points of view as well as parametric …

[HTML][HTML] An operational and economic study of a reverse osmosis desalination system for potable water and land irrigation

MS Atab, AJ Smallbone, AP Roskilly - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Desalination is a method for producing water for human consumption, irrigation or industrial
utilisation. In this study, a reverse osmosis (RO) system for brackish water desalination was …

Energy, exergy, economic, exergoenvironmental, and environmental analyses of a multigeneration system to produce electricity, cooling, potable water, hydrogen and …

MA Ehyaei, S Baloochzadeh, A Ahmadi, S Abanades - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the necessities of human beings in this century is the potable water supply. This
supply has more environmental benefits if the potable water is supplied by renewable …

Techno-economic and environmental assessment of a novel polygeneration system based on integration of biomass air-steam gasification and solar parabolic trough …

SAM Rabeti, MHK Manesh, M Amidpour - … Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable energy-based polygeneration energy systems, in addition to providing a variety
of products, can effectively improve this planet's environmental conditions and reduce …

Local cost of seawater RO desalination based on solar PV and wind energy: A global estimate

U Caldera, D Bogdanov, C Breyer - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates how seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants, necessary to meet
increasing future global water demand, can be powered solely through renewable energy …

Techno-economic assessment of electrodialysis and reverse osmosis desalination plants

MM Generous, NAA Qasem, UA Akbar… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Assessment of desalination plants is essential to evaluate potable water production, energy
consumption, and economic feasibility. A design model with a boundary layer effect, water …

Analysis of temperature effects on the specific energy consumption in reverse osmosis desalination processes

CP Koutsou, EM Kritikos, AJ Karabelas, M Kostoglou - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) is key parameter involved in optimizing design
and operation of RO-desalination plants, used for treating various feed-waters. This study …

Assessment of an innovative hybrid system of PVT-driven RO desalination unit integrated with solar dish concentrator as preheating unit

M Abdelgaied, AS Abdullah, AE Kabeel… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The specific power consumption in RO desalination plants is one of the most effective
parameters involved in optimizing the design and operation of these plants for the treatment …