Energy Consumption

Membrane Compaction in Batch Reverse Osmosis Operation and Its Impact on Specific Energy Consumption
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane water permeability is measured under cyclic pressure loading conditions corresponding to batch and …
Chirag G. Patel, Mrugesh Joshi, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Practical Aspects of Batch RO Design for Energy-Efficient Seawater Desalination
Batch operation of reverse osmosis (RO) has been proposed as a method to reduce seawater RO (SWRO) energy consumption and fouling …
Jaichander Swaminathan, Emily W. Tow, Richard L. Stover, John H. Lienhard
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A New Vacuum Membrane Distillation System Using an Aspirator: Concept Modeling and Optimization
The aim of this study is to validate and optimize a new concept of implementing an aspirator as the vacuum generator for a vacuum …
Mohamed I. Hassan, Ayoola T. Brimmo, Jaichander Swaminathan, John H. Lienhard V, Hassan A. Arafat
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