Pilot Scale Demonstration of Low-Salt-Rejection Reverse Osmosis (LSRRO) Desalination of High Salinity Brines
Van Houghton B, Rosenblum J, Lampi K, Beaudry E, Herron J, del Cerro M, De Finnda C, Elimelech M, Gilron J, Cath T. Pilot Scale Demonstration of Low-Salt-Rejection Reverse Osmosis (LSRRO) Desalination of High Salinity Brines. ACS ES&T Water 2024, 4: 5089-5104. DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-salt-rejection reverse osmosisSeawater reverse osmosisLow salt rejectionReverse osmosisWater recoveryConventional seawater reverse osmosisHydraulic pressureTreating hypersaline brinesMembrane fabricationPilot scale demonstrationsHigh-salinity brineThermal desalinationFeed streamProcess configurationsScale demonstrationOsmosisStream compositionWater permeabilityWater fluxNaCl solutionTDS concentrationDesalinationMembrane integrity testEnergy consumptionSalinity brinePressure-driven membrane desalination
Liu W, Livingston J, Wang L, Wang Z, del Cerro M, Younssi S, Epsztein R, Elimelech M, Lin S. Pressure-driven membrane desalination. Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2024, 4: 10. DOI: 10.1038/s43586-023-00287-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMembrane fabricationReverse osmosisThin-film composite polyamide membranesProcess configurationsEvaluate membrane performanceMembrane desalinationMembrane performanceNanofiltration membranesInterfacial polymerizationPolyamide membranesInterfacial propertiesNanofiltrationOsmosisSystem modelFabricationPerformance evaluationExperimental procedurePerformanceConfigurationDesalinationApplicationsSaline waterProcess