
Desalination Sustainability
A Technical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Approach
Description
Key Features
- Presents the issues related to desalination sustainability
- Guides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process using thermodynamics-based tools
- Outlines a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple and effective tools
- Provides a roadmap for decision-makers on the applicability of a desalination process at a particular setting
Readership
Academic researchers in chemical engineering/ desalination technology, policy makers, social scientists, public utility managers, environmental scientists, cost engineers, renewable energy developers and marketers, as well as desalination technology providers
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: What is Sustainable Desalination?
2. Membrane-Based Desalination Technology for Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction
3. Autonomous Solar-Powered Desalination Systems for Remote Communities
4. Thermodynamics, Exergy, and Energy Efficiency in Desalination Systems
5. Brine Management in Desalination Plants
6. Advanced Membrane-Based Desalination Systems for Water and Minerals Extracted From the Sea
7. Nanoparticle Incorporation into Desalination and Water Treatment Membranes - Potential Advantages and Challenges
8. Prospects and State-of-the-Art of Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Desalination Processes
9. Satellites-Based Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms for Sustainable Desalination
10. Desalination as a Municipal Water Supply in the United States
11. Commercialization of Desalination and Water Treatment Technology: Shining a Light on the Path From Research Project to Intellectual Property Acquisition
Product details
- No. of pages: 440
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: June 9, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128098967
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128097915