A Description of Reverse Osmosis using Practical Kedem-Katchalsky Equations.
The work is concerned with an analytical description of reverseosmosis using the Kedem-Katchalsky equations.The process has been considered for well-mixed solutions.We have obtained formulas describing the concentration of a solution(purified by reverse osmosis) as a function of the transportparameters of a membrane, concentration of the initial solution, andthe mechanical pressures on the membrane.The formulae are illustrated by numerical computations.Our results may be applicable to biophysical studies concerningreverse osmosis in biological membrane systems.
Department of Physics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Mersin 10, Turkey.
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Membrane; Reverse osmosis; Solution; Transport; Transport equations.