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Reverse osmosis desalination: Water sources, technology, and today's challenges
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Key parameters of an RO process and process modifications due to feed water characteristics are brought to light by a direct comparison of seawater and brackish water RO systems.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2009-05-01. It has received 2665 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Reverse osmosis plant & Desalination.read more
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A Review: Desalination by Forward Osmosis
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Chemical treatment technologies for waste-water recycling—an overview
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Application and modification of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes – A review
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TL;DR: An overview of recent progress on the application and modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes can be found in this article, where two major problems of PVDF membranes in applications, namely membrane fouling and membrane wetting, are comprehensively reviewed.
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Water desalination via capacitive deionization : What is it and what can we expect from it?
TL;DR: Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an emerging technology for the facile removal of charged ionic species from aqueous solutions, and is currently being widely explored for water desalination applications.
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Technical review and evaluation of the economics of water desalination: Current and future challenges for better water supply sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cost analysis of the reverse osmosis process and the main parameters influencing the total water cost produced by different desalination technologies, including capital and operating costs, as well as local incentives or subsidies.
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