RO full form
RO refers to “Reverse Osmosis” or full form of RO is “Reverse Osmosis”. Reverse Osmosis is a water purification technology that uses a semi permeable membrane.
Definition Of RO(Reverse Osmosis)
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Reverse Osmosis is a water purification technology that uses a semi permeable membrane.
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It works on the concept of diffusion
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Ro is also known as hyperfiltration
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Ro can removes many types of molecules and ions from solution
Process
What is Osmosis
Definition- The solvent naturally moves from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration called osmosis.
Reverse Osmosis
Definition- Reverse Osmosis is the process of forcing a solvent from a region of high solute concentration through a semipermeable membrane to a region of low solute concentration by applying a pressure.
Use of RO Technology
There are some use of RO(Reverse Osmosis) are as follows:
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Drinking water purification
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Waste water purification
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Hydrogen production
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Maple syrup production in food industry
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RO used for production of deionised water
Advantages
There are various advantages of RO(Reverse Osmosis) are as follows:
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RO Performs a separation without a phase change. Thus, the energy requirements are low.
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RO systems are compact, and space requirements are less with other desalting systems, e.g., distillation.
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Many RO systems are fully automated and designed to start-up and shutdown automatically. Thus RO plants usually required little labor.
Disadvantages
There are various disadvantages of RO(Reverse Osmosis) are as follows:
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Hardness not removed
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Does remove dissolve gasses
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Removes beneficially healthy minerals too
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Disposal of concentrate
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RO process cannot be applied without pretreatment