Optimal Design of a Hybrid Membrane System Combining Reverse and Forward Osmosis for Seawater Desalination
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Química Computer Optimization of Chemical Engineering Processes and Technologies (CONCEPT) Estudios de Transferencia de Materia y Control de Calidad de Aguas (ETMyCCA) |
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Data(s) |
26/03/2015
26/03/2015
2014
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Resumo |
In this work we study Forward Osmosis (FO) as an emerging desalination technology, and its capability to replace totally or partially Reverse Osmosis (RO) in order to reduce the great amount of energy required in the current desalination plants. For this purpose, we propose a superstructure that includes both membrane based desalination technologies, allowing the selection of only one of the technologies or a combination of both of them seeking for the optimal configuration of the network. The optimization problem is solved for a seawater desalination plant with a given fresh water production. The results obtained show that the optimal solution combines both desalination technologies to reduce not only the energy consumption but also the total cost of the desalination process in comparison with the same plant but operating only with RO. The authors wish to acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CTQ2012-37039-C02-02) and the University of Alicante (GRE11-19). |
Identificador |
Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 2014, 33: 1399-1404. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63455-9.50068-4 978-0-444-63434-4 1570-7946 http://hdl.handle.net/10045/46080 10.1016/B978-0-444-63455-9.50068-4 |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier |
Relação |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63455-9.50068-4 |
Direitos |
© 2014 Elsevier B.V. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #Optimal design #Seawater desalination #Emerging membrane technologies #Forward osmosis #Ingeniería Química |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |