Desalination: Methods, Costs and Technology

About this book

Desalination refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. Water is desalinated in order to convert salt water to fresh water so it is suitable for human consumption or irrigation. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing fresh water for human use in regions where the availability of fresh water is limited. This book reviews research in the field of desalination including the growth of scientific and commercial interest to cogenerative and hybrid technologies for desalination and power generation; membrane distillation (MD) process as a new membrane technology used for desalination and recycling; and, two alternative systems for conventional reverse osmosis desalination plants by incorporating the use of gravitational potential energy and others.

Contents

Preface

- Hybridization of Membrane Processes with Conventional Thermally-Based Co-Generative Technologies (Sustainability & Techno-Economic Advantages)
- Performance Evaluation & Optimization of the MSF Desalination Plant
- TIO2-Assisted Photocatalytic Degradation of Herbicides in Aqueous Solution: A Review
- Modeling of a Membrane Distillation Unit for Desalination
- Recent Advances in Supported Ionic Liquid Membrane Technology
- A Nonconventional Reverse Osmosis Plant Powered by Storage of Wind Energy as Gravitational Potential Energy
- Vapour Side Corrosion (VSC) of Copper-Nickel Condenser Tubes in MSF Plant: Copper-Nickel Dust Formation
- Freshwater Scarcities & Desalination: Evidence from Morocco, Spain, the Occupied Palestinian Territories & South India
- Renewable Energy Sources for Seawater Desalination: Present Status & Future Prospects

Index

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