Water recovery from advanced water purification facility reverse osmosis concentrate by photobiological treatment followed by secondary reverse osmosis

• Main Authors: Ikehata, Keisuke, Zhao, Yuanyuan, Kulkarni, Harshad V., Li, Yuan, Snyder, Shane Allen, Ishida, Kenneth P., Anderson, Michael A.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Geography::Water; Social sciences::Geography::Environmental sciences; Reverse Osmosis; Brine Treatment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138060
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reverse osmosis (RO)-based desalination and advanced water purification facilities have inherent challenges associated with concentrate management and disposal. Although enhanced permeate recovery and concentrate minimization are desired, membrane scaling due to inorganic constituents, such as silic...