Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis may lead to most energy-efficient seawater desalination ever Note to journalists: For copies of the papers, please contact Kayla Wiles, Purdue News Service, at wiles5@purdue.edu or 765-494-2432. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. Graduate students Abhimanyu Das (left) and Akshay Rao adjust a piston tank, the key component to a new desalination process called “double-acting batch reverse osmosis.” (Purdue University photo/Jared Pike) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Making fresh water out of seawater usually requires huge amounts o...