- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Richard W. Baker
- Year
- 2012
- Journal or publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
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- Technology · TEC-000001Reverse osmosisA pressure-driven membrane process that forces water through a dense, semi-permeable membrane against its osmotic pressure, retaining typically more than 99% of dissolved salts.Open
- Concept · TOP-000001OsmosisThe net movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a dilute solution toward a more concentrated one, driven by the difference in the chemical potential of water.Open
- Concept · TOP-000002Osmotic pressureThe pressure that would have to be applied to a solution to stop water flowing into it by osmosis. For seawater, with about 35 g/L of dissolved salts, it is roughly 25–28 bar.Open
- Concept · TOP-000004Mass transferThe movement of components within and between phases by diffusion and convection. In membrane modules it sets how quickly rejected salts are carried away from the membrane surface.Open
- Concept · TOP-000005Concentration polarizationThe build-up of rejected solutes in a boundary layer at the membrane surface. It raises the osmotic pressure the pump must overcome, increases salt passage and promotes scaling; feed-channel spacers and crossflow velocity limit it.Open
- Parameter · PAR-000005Salt rejectionThe fraction of dissolved salt kept out of the permeate: one minus the ratio of permeate to feed concentration.Open
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