Reverse osmosis


Updated on 16/01/2023
Définition
Sens technique

A membrane separation process designed to extract a solvent from a solution, used in seawater desalination.

It consists, by reversing the natural process of osmosis, in applying to a solution in contact with a semi-permeable membrane a pressure higher than the osmotic pressure and collecting the solvent on the other side of the wall.

Source
according to OiEau
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