1. Title, Journal and Authors

Title: High-Pressure Reverse Osmosis for Energy-Efficient Hypersaline Brine Desalination: Current status, Design Considerations, and Research needs

Journal: Environmental Science and Technology letters

Authors: Douglas M. Davenport^a,  Akshay Deshmukh^a, Jay R. Werber^a, and Menachem Elimelech^a,*

a. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8286, United States

 

2. Summary 

- This paper firstly diagnoses the current status of membrane-based desalination technologies, ranging from the membrane physical properties to the efficiency of membrane modules.

- Subsequently, the authors of this paper suggest the development of high-pressure reverse osmosis (HPRO) process to researchers out there, and they assert that the corresponding process can enable the energy-efficient hypersaline desalination and mitigate the current brine discharge practices.

- The authors are finalizing the current paper by proposing the further level of HPRO research.

 

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