Fresh Water from the Sea: Loeb, Sourirajan and Reverse Osmosis | Kitson Teaches Pro, Book 5
Kitson Teaches Pro, Book 5: the story of Sidney Loeb and Srinivasa Sourirajan, who made the first practical membrane for turning salt water into fresh water at UCLA in 1959 and 1960, and how a very thin film changed desalination.
A regular book in plain, readable prose (43 pages, PDF), written for working professionals, engineers and curious adults. What is inside:
- How osmosis works, and why pushing it backwards takes pressure
- The engineering, explained properly: the thin skin on a porous support
- From a UCLA lab to a small town plant in 1965
- Adoption and impact, with sourced numbers
- Brine, energy and the honest trade-offs
- Lessons for engineers and professionals today
Every fact is sourced, and the full list of sources with access dates is at the back. Where sources disagree, the book says so.
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