Abstract
The basic design concept of SWC5 launched this time consists with high permeability and high salt rejection. In general, high permeability and high salt rejection are in a trade-off relation. However, SWC5 successfully achieves high flow without sacrificing salt rejection significantly. This high flow makes it possible to operate at lower pressures than the conventional seawater RO when applying to seawater, to help operate better economics in seawater desalination as a result. SWC5 has already installed in several large scale seawater desalination plants and has been contributing to produce high quality low salinity water with lower operating cost.
