ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the conceptual modelling and membrane transport theories of the Reverse Osmosis (RO) process and explores the remaining modelling challenges. It focuses on presenting all the available models and associated performances of wastewater treatment methods based on the spiral wound RO process for the removal of highly toxic compounds from wastewater. The chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of various lumped and distributed models validated against experimental results gathered from the literature. State-of-the-art successful models developed for RO processes, specifically for spiral wound modules for the removal of organic compounds from wastewater and validated against actual wastewater treatment experiments. The model developed was validated against the experimental data of S. Sundaramoorthy et al. for chlorophenol and G. Srinivasan et al. for dimethylphenol removal from wastewater. The models reviewed so far are suitable for the application of a spiral wound RO process for the removal of a single organic pollutant from wastewater.
