Mathematical Modeling of the Desalination Process Using Reverse Osmosis

The last chapter elucidated the experimental setup and the factors influencing each unit of the large-scale seawater desalination process, with the reverse osmosis. This chapter deals with subjects such as the modeling of each unit of Sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO), the integration of these models to form an entire plant, and the future direction of the statistical modeling of the SWRO process. In order to model the SWRO process, a systematic understanding of each unit of the process is required. After investigating all the inputs and outputs of individual process units, the system models are formulated using the material balance continuity equations to predict the performance of each unit of the system. Synthesis is done to integrate the entire plant model to predict the permeate and brine characteristics from the RO membrane for the brackish/ sea water desalination process. The construction of the model for the large scale SWRO plant has the potential to reduce the cost of production of unit potable water(including both capital and maintenance/operating cost) so that it becomes a more attractive process for desalination than the others. These models will also be helpful in synthesizing the operational control strategies for producing (treatment) quality potable water under specified conditions. In this modeling investigation section, a review on the previous modeling of the