Reverse osmosis saline water treatment : optimization by blending

• Main Author: Navaneetha Krishnan Srinivasan
• Other Authors: Wilson, Francis
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/11947
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optimise the pumping energy needed by an RO system. The recovery factor has been adjusted changing parameters in the calculations. In order to get an acceptable level of product water salinity, this recovery factor was set by observing the energy requirement at different conditions.