Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Distillation for Desalination of Groundwater: A Review

Table 4

Energy requirement in RO and MD plant [68].

Process	Observations
RO	4 kW h/m^3 for 5 to 10 L/m^2 h at 20°C
MD	VMD; 1.5 kW h/m^3 for 120 L/m^2 h; 1.3 kW h/m^3 for 85 L/m^2 h at 25°C