The effect of feed temperature and pressure on the performance of single stage reverse osmosis desalination system

Reverse osmosis is a technology that is used to eliminate a variety of impurities from seawater or brackish water by using pressure to force the water molecules into the membrane. In this study, an Aspen Plus platform which is integrated with an Excel spreadsheet, is used to build a single stage reverse osmosis of spiral wound membrane. This work aims to investigate the performance of spiral wound membranes as a factor of feed temperature and pressure. Some of the outcomes obtained due to the impact of feed pressure, like the salt rejection, incrementally increased from 99.7% to 99.94%, and the permeate flow rate reached 43.6% from the total feed inlet.