Semi-closed reverse osmosis (SCRO): a concise, flexible, and energy-efficient desalination process

• Main Authors: Mo, Zijing, Li, Dan, She, Qianhong
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Desalination; Energy Consumption
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163732
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As a promising solution to intensified water scarcity, desalination via membrane-based reverse osmosis (RO) attracts unprecedented interest in recent decades. However, the prevailing process, single-stage RO (SSRO), still consumes much higher than thermodynamic minimum energy as its operation requir...