The Impact of Solar Intermittency on the Concentration Polarization Factor, Water Quality and Specific Energy Consumption in the Reverse Osmosis Process

Water scarcity has prompted the use of desalination technologies such as reverse osmosis (RO) due to its low energy requirement and high production rate. In the present article, the concentration polarization factor (β) was evaluated in RO processes, in batch and continuous systems and with an alter...

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Main Authors: Rosario Montoya-Pizeno, Deemi Paola Morales-Mendivil, Rafael Enrique Cabanillas-López, Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/17/3022