Exergy Analysis of a Two-Pass Reverse Osmosis (RO) Desalination Unit with and without an Energy Recovery Turbine (ERT) and Pressure Exchanger (PX)

This paper presents an exergy analysis of an actual two-pass (RO) desalination system with the seawater solution treated as a real mixture and not an ideal mixture. The actual 127 ton/h two pass RO desalination plant was modeled using IPSEpro software and validated against operating data. The result...

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Main Authors: Nuri M. Eshoul, Brian Agnew, Mohammed A. Al-Weshahi, Mohanad S. Atab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-07-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/7/6910