| Quantifying the potential of ultra-permeable membranes for water desalination D Cohen-Tanugi, RK McGovern, SH Dave, JH Lienhard, JC Grossman Energy & Environmental Science 7 (3), 1134-1141, 2014 | 363 | 2014 |
| Entropy Generation Analysis of Desalination Technologies KH Mistry, RK McGovern, GP Thiel, EK Summers, SM Zubair, ... Entropy 13 (10), 1829-1864, 2011 | 324 | 2011 |
| On the potential of forward osmosis to energetically outperform reverse osmosis desalination RK McGovern Journal of Membrane Science 469, 245-250, 2014 | 300 | 2014 |
| On the cost of electrodialysis for the desalination of high salinity feeds RK McGovern, AM Weiner, L Sun, CG Chambers, SM Zubair Applied Energy 136, 649-661, 2014 | 212 | 2014 |
| Performance limits of zero and single extraction humidification-dehumidification desalination systems RK McGovern, GP Thiel, G Prakash Narayan, SM Zubair, JH Lienhard V Applied Energy 102, 1081-1090, 2013 | 175* | 2013 |
| Thermodynamic balancing of the humidification dehumidification desalination system by mass extraction and injection GP Narayan, KM Chehayeb, RK McGovern, GP Thiel, SM Zubair, ... International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 57 (2), 756-770, 2013 | 130 | 2013 |
| High-temperature-steam-driven, varied-pressure, humidification-dehumidification system coupled with reverse osmosis for energy-efficient seawater desalination GP Narayan, RK McGovern, SM Zubair, JH Lienhard V Energy 37 (1), 482-493, 2012 | 103 | 2012 |
| The cost effectiveness of electrodialysis for diverse salinity applications RK McGovern, SM Zubair Desalination 348, 57-65, 2014 | 100 | 2014 |
| Cost and energy requirements of hybrid RO and ED brine concentration systems for salt production KG Nayar, J Fernandes, RK McGovern, KP Dominguez, A McCance, ... Desalination 456, 97-120, 2019 | 99 | 2019 |
| The benefits of hybridising electrodialysis with reverse osmosis RK McGovern, SM Zubair Journal of Membrane Science 469, 326-335, 2014 | 74 | 2014 |
| Cost and energy needs of RO-ED-crystallizer systems for zero brine discharge seawater desalination KG Nayar, J Fernandes, RK McGovern, BS Al-Anzi Desalination 457, 115-132, 2019 | 71 | 2019 |
| Saving energy with an optimized two-stage reverse osmosis system QJ Wei, RK McGovern Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 3 (4), 659-670, 2017 | 71 | 2017 |
| Bubble-Column Vapor Mixture Condenser PN Govindan, GP Thiel, RK Mcgovern, JH Lienhard, MH Elsharqawy US Patent 20,130,074,694, 2013 | 62* | 2013 |
| BUBBLE-COLUMN VAPOR MIXTURE CONDENSER P GOVINDAN, G THIEL, R MCGOVERN, J LIENHARD, M ELSHARQAWY WO Patent 2,013,043,568, 2013 | 59* | 2013 |
| Analysis of reversible ejectors and definition of an ejector efficiency RK McGovern, G Prakash Narayan, JH Lienhard V International Journal of Thermal Sciences 54, 153-166, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
| A new reverse electrodialysis design strategy which significantly reduces the levelized cost of electricity AM Weiner, RK McGovern Journal of Membrane Science 493, 605-614, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Raising forward osmosis brine concentration efficiency through flow rate optimization EW Tow, RK McGovern Desalination 366, 71-79, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Thermodynamic equipartition for increased second law efficiency GP Thiel, RK McGovern, SM Zubair, JH Lienhard V Applied Energy 118, 292-299, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Optimal concentration and temperatures of solar thermal power plants RK McGovern, WJ Smith Energy Conversion and Management 60, 226-232, 2012 | 48 | 2012 |
| Thermodynamic balancing of combined heat and mass exchange devices PN Govindan, GP Thiel, RK McGovern, JH Lienhard, SK Das, ... US Patent 8,496,234, 2013 | 43 | 2013 |
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