Recent Desalination Technologies by Hybridization and Integration with Reverse Osmosis: A Review

Reverse osmosis is the leading technology for desalination of brackish water and seawater, important solving growing problems fresh supply. Thermal technologies such as multi-effect distillation multi-stage flash still comprise an portion world’s capacity. They consume substantial amounts energy, generally obtained from fossil fuels, due to their low efficiency. Hybridization a strategy that seeks reduce weaknesses enhance advantages each element makes it up. This paper introduces review most recent publications on hybridizations between reverse thermal technologies, well integration with renewable energies requirement decarbonize processes. Different configurations provide improvements in key elements system energy consumption, brine production, contamination, while improving product quality production rate. A combination sources use storage systems allow reliability hybrid systems.