RECIRCULATED HIGH PRESSURE BLENDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BOOSTING THROUGHPUT AND CONCENTRATION FACTOR IN REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS

摘要

A method for producing a beverage includes providing a set of reverse osmosis pressure vessels, each pressure vessel having a feed inlet, a retentate outlet for a retentate stream, and a permeate outlet for a permeate stream, the retentate outlet of the first pressure vessel fluidly coupled to the feed inlet of the second pressure vessel, the retentate outlet of the second pressure vessel fluidly coupled to the feed inlet of the third pressure vessel, and the permeate outlet of the third pressure vessel fluidly coupled to the feed inlet of the second pressure vessel, blending the permeate stream of the third pressure vessel with the retentate stream of the first pressure vessel to produce a blended stream having a pressure between about 850 psi to about 3000 psi, and obtaining the beverage from the retentate stream of the third pressure vessel.