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Reverse osmosis
About: Reverse osmosis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 20780 publications have been published within this topic receiving 299185 citations. The topic is also known as: RO.
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TL;DR: Investigation of a low-pressure nanofiltration membrane for treating recycled water for indirect potable water reuse applications found the selectivity of NF membranes in removing organic solutes present in wastewater effluents at the parts-per-trillion level may be beneficial for brine disposal strategies.
139 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, Herzberg et al. described a systematic study of biofouling in reverse osmosis process using model bacteria of Pseudomonas fluorescens and employing a sodium chloride tracer response technique for fouling characterization.
139 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple model based on the solution-diffusion theory and multiple fouling mechanisms was developed and used to analyze the performance of RO systems for seawater desalination.
139 citations
01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: The role of membrane technology in the water industry is described, how membranes are made and tested, the types of module used to house the membranes, and the basic relationships describing performance and operational aspects including energy usage and costs are described.
Abstract: Membrane technology is used in the water industry to improve the quality of water for use, reuse, or discharge to the environment. Membranes range from finely porous structures to nonporous and can remove contaminants such as bacteria and protozoa down to ions. This chapter describes the role of membrane technology in the water industry, how membranes are made and tested, the types of module used to house the membranes, and the basic relationships describing performance and operational aspects including energy usage and costs.
139 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the application of reverse osmosis (RO) to the global effluent from the electroplating industry has been studied and the results obtained show that there is 75-95% recovery of water and nearly total removal of metals in the permeate.
139 citations