Essays Tagged: "Reverse osmosis"

Separating seawater through desalination

onto the filtered seawater. The high-pressure pump releases the seawater, sends it towards the RO (Reverse Osmosis) Membrane. (Physical pressure) The procedure is vital to the product freshwater, if ...

(4 pages) 47 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

The proposed desalination plant of Kurnell, Botany Bay

s down to the question "which one is more important?" The desalination plant uses a process called reverse osmosis. Sea water is pushed through a fine mesh to filter out the salt resulting in fresh w ...

(6 pages) 41 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

how the concentration of salt affects osmosis

IntroductionOsmosis is the movement of water from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution t ... a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane.Osmosis is affected by:Water potential - This is the tendency of water to move from an area of highe ... ove faster at a high temperature therefore if there is a high temperature there is a higher rate of osmosis.Pressure- Areas of different pressure have different water potentials.Surface area- the larg ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

osmosis

IntroductionOsmosis is the movement of water from a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution t ... a less concentrated solution to a more concentrated solution through a partially permeable membrane.Osmosis is affected by:Water potential - This is the tendency of water to move from an area of highe ... ove faster at a high temperature therefore if there is a high temperature there is a higher rate of osmosis.Pressure- Areas of different pressure have different water potentials.Surface area- the larg ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics