The utilization of seawater for drinking purposes is limited by the high specific energy
consumption (SEC)(kW-h/m 3) of present desalination technologies; both thermal and …

Growing water demands have led to rapidly increasing desalination installation capacity
worldwide. In an attempt to lower carbon footprint resulting from high-energy consuming …

In this paper, current and recent advances in polymeric and nano-enhanced membrane
development for reverse osmosis have been reported in terms of membrane performance …

Emerging hybrid technologies have better potential than conventional technology for
diversifying the desalination industry, which is presently being dominated by thermal and …

The progress in the production of desalinated water and other products such as electric
power, cooling water/air, and heat from photovoltaic thermal (PV-T) and concentrated …

The use of renewable energy for desalination started in the 1980s, in order to provide a
sustainable water supply in windy/sunny areas with water shortages. Nevertheless, this …

Climate change and water scarcity have led to an increased interest in establishing
sustainable solar-powered desalination plants. In this study, the performance of a …

The energy consumption of reverse osmosis (RO) has declined significantly since inception
and to further decrease the energy consumption is a challenging task. The present article …

Thin film composite reverse osmosis (TFC RO) membrane is widely used in desalination
and water reuse applications. With increasing capacity of Reverse Osmosis desalination all …

Reverse osmosis (RO) is currently the most important desalination technology, experiencing
significant growth. It is a separation process that uses hydrostatic pressure to drive a solution …