A REVIEW OF RENEWABLE ENERGY POWERED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION

Fresh water is a prerequisite for life and procreation. Water as an essential commodity is used in every phase of human life ranging from domestic activities such as drinking, cooking, washing etc. to innumerable industrial and agricultural purposes such as power generation etc. The increasing demand for fresh water by the world population today cannot be met by the available fresh water in our ecosystem. This is why numerous technologies for seawater desalination have been established and advanced over the years to augment/satisfy the ever-increasing global demand for fresh water. This paper reviews and summarizes recently published studies on desalination of seawater exploring reverse osmosis (RO) protocols, covering key areas such as seawater, desalination, reverse osmosis, RO membrane. The em phasis is on solar energy powered RO systems for seawater desalination.