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"The trends from the analysis presented in this paper show that in both seawater and brackish desalination we are approaching thermodynamic limitations." That'
by twawaaay 4y ago
"The trends from the analysis presented in this paper show that in both seawater and brackish desalination
we are approaching thermodynamic limitations."
That's excerpt from the article you linked.
- jojobas 4y agoNo, it's not quite like that. With pipes there's a linear (or quadratic for turbulent flow) resistance, low pressure still results in some flow. With membranes you have a threshold pressure below which you get no flow at all.