Brackish Water RO — Recovery and Concentration Factor Calculator

Estimate permeate, concentrate, and membrane concentration factor for a BWRO design

Permeate (product) flow
Concentrate (reject) flow
Concentration Factor (CF)
Approx. concentrate TDS
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Concentration Factor CF = 1 / (1 − recovery). Permeate = feed × recovery; concentrate = feed × (1 − recovery). CF approximates the salt concentration multiple at the tail element — the driver of scaling risk. Estimates only; a site projection accounts for staging, temperature, and antiscalant.

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