Computational approach for membrane desalination system development

• Main Author: Mo, Zijing
• Other Authors: She Qianhong
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Reverse osmosis (RO); System optimizations; Optimization and machine learning; Water treatment technology; Energy efficiency; Dynamic simulation; Brine resource recovery; Sustainable desalination; Semi-closed reverse osmosis; Closed-circuit reverse osmosis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181806
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Along with surging population growth, the rapid pace of urbanization and industrialization were observed in many developing economies, resulting in a burst in water demand. As predicted by the World Bank Group, by 2030, the world would face a 30% of water shortage if the current trend on demand and...