In the present work, the performance of a small reverse osmosis RO (house scale) desalination unit is experimentally investigated. The influence of test parameters such as salinity of the feed water (2000–3000 ppm), feed water temperature (29–41 °C), and feed flow rate (1.25–1.75 L/min) is considered. The results illustrate that the increase in feed water salinity by about 50% leads to an increase of permeate salinity by about 50%, while permeate flow rate and recovery ratio percent decreases by about 25 and 30%, respectively. Furthermore, for feed salinity less than 2500 ppm, as feed flow rate increases from 1.25 to 1.75 L/min, the salt rejection ratio and permeate flow rate increase from 5 to 7%, respectively, while feed pressure decreased by 16% and recovery ratio percent decreased by 37%. The results demonstrate that increase in feed temperature from 29 to 41 °C leads to an increase in the permeate … |
