Research Progress of Brackish Water Desalination by Reverse Osmosis

Pan Zhang, Jingtao Hu, Wei Li, Houbo Qi

Energy and Environmental Research Center, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
Nuclear Institute, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2013.53031                

Abstract

Brackish water (BW) desalination is a primary path to relieve the shortage of water. As one of the BW desalination methods, reverse osmosis (RO) technology has advantage for both technology and process procedure. The expounding of this research studied or reviewed recent years, reverse osmosis membrane, energy recovery, new energy and application technology in BW desalination of RO at home and abroad. Wind power and solar energy can be combined with energy recovery device for RO. The research also explains that BW desalination by RO is practical and feasible in some areas in China.

Keywords

Brackish Water; Reverse Osmosis; Desalination; New Energy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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