Research Papers by C. Sommariva

Desalination plants are increasingly regarded as a tool to preserve natural water resources and therefore as a means to protect the environment. Furthermore desalination plants are performing a public service which (for social reasons) take precedence over any other kind of industrial activity. Neve

Between the fourth quarter of 1999 and the middle of 2001, the desalinated water production in the UAE will be increased by 30%. Several desalination projects have been started on a “fast track” mode with record completion time. Various new techniques have been adopted, from the technical or financi

This paper presents an alternative method for the quantification of the irreversible phenomena that characterize the flashing process in a stage of a MSF desalination plant, and that lead to an increase in the brine temperature of the flashing tank with respect to the ideal equilibrium conditions. T