Question: Determine the specific energy ( in kW - hr / m 3 of drinking water ) required for a brackish groundwater reverse osmosis ( RO

Determine the specific energy (in kW-hr/m3 of drinking water) required for a brackish groundwater reverse osmosis (RO) desalination process that produces 10,000 m3/day (or 2.64 million gallons per day) of drinking water. The feedwater pumps operate at a pressure of 650 psi (or 44.8 bar) and have an energy efficiency of 85%. The brackish RO system operates at 75% recovery (i.e., for every 100 gallons of groundwater pumped to the front end of the RO system at high pressure, 75 gallons of drinking water are produced, and 25 gallons of high-salinity concentrate waste is produced).

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