El-ghonemy, A.M.K. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 (2013) C, pp. 6-22
The reduction of energy consumption constitutes one of the major thrust areas of research in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. The cost of energy in the SWRO process is usually about 30–50% of the total production cost of water and can be as much as 75% of the operating...