DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY THERMAL MEMBRANE SOLAR TECHNICAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICAL.
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• Membrane separation processes (UF and RO)– Superior treatment– Relatively modest capital and operating costs
• Major obstacles– Permeate flux decline
• Concentration polarization• Fouling
– Temperature effects not well understood
PERFORMANCE OF SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES
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boundary layer
soluteJs
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feed flow
convective flow
back diffusion
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reversible gel layer
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Concentration Polarization
Figure 2
i = ni = n-1
i = 2
Jo(t)-decrease in pure water
i = 1
permeability due to fouling
Ja1
Ja2
J(tp)- flux decline due to concentration polarization
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Flux Decline Due to Fouling
SEAWATER GREENHOUSE
• FRESH WATER FROM SEA AND BRACKISH WATER
• CROP PRODUCTION
• COOL HOUSE
• ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY