A classic example of energy recovery occurs in large-scale seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. Traditionally, pushing seawater through filtration membranes requires immense high-pressure pumps that consume massive amounts of electrical power, and the high-pressure waste brine was simply discarded, wasting that energy. Energy Recovery's isobaric pressure exchangers capture the hydraulic energy from that high-pressure exiting brine and transfer it directly to incoming raw seawater, cutting the plant's overall energy consumption by up to 60%.