RO TECHNOLOGY: UCLA's CONTRIBUTIONS TO RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

摘要

Tremendous improvements in reverse osmosis (RO) technology have been made in the last 50 years. Reverse osmosis processes are now among the most important and versatile water treatment technologies - enabling desalination and water recycling as viable components of water resource management plans around the world. Some of the most important innovations and remaining limitations for RO technology are discussed, along with related research and development activities at UCLA, dating from some fifty years ago to the present.