Mathematical and experimental modeling of reverse osmosis (RO) process

Zeinab Hadadian; Sina Zahmatkesh; Mostafa Ansari; Ali Haghighi; Eskandar Moghimipour

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.38, No.2, 366-379, February, 2021

DOI10.1007/s11814-020-0697-9 Export Citation

Mathematical and experimental modeling of reverse osmosis (RO) process

Zeinab Hadadian^†, Sina Zahmatkesh, Mostafa Ansari, Ali Haghighi, and Eskandar Moghimipour¹

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
¹Nanotechnology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

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This paper provides a mathematical simulation model for the reverse osmosis (RO) process with series elements. A mathematical simulation model was developed based on the mass, material and energy balances considering the concentration polarization. The simulation model is open-source and easy to couple with other computational tools like optimization algorithms and SCADA1 applications. An RO laboratory pilot was also set up in the Hydraulic Lab of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz to validate the simulation results. Comparing the results of the simulation model with the experiments and ROSA commercial software, the proposed simulation model functions well and is reliable. The comparisons indicate that the simulation results are over 96% close to ROSA and over 80% close to experimental results.

Keywords:Desalination;Reverse Osmosis;Simulation;Experimental;Mathematical Modeling

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