Desalination

This paper aims to investigate the different parameters that affect solar still productivity when the solar still productivity is very low compared with other desalination systems, such as other thermal processes or membrane processes. These parameters include environmental, design and operational p

• Balancing leads to 50% higher GOR than equal inlet flow rates in DCMD. • DCMD balancing achieved by setting heat capacity rate ratio to one at end • Proposed method deviates by about 5% from absolute maximum GOR at high salinity. • Real-time balancing most useful for variations in inlet salinity 1.

• Simulation and sensitivity analysis of integrated SWRO-PRO system configurations for eliminating brine post-treatment step. • Identification of energy efficient novel SWRO - PRO hybrid desalination process for reducing the SWRO pre-treatment cost. • Method for optimization of hybrid SWRO-PRO system d

Biofouling and scaling are commonly encountered bottlenecks in large and small scale installations of membrane technology for surface-, waste- or seawater treatment. The phenomena can pose persistent operational challenge with substantial economic impacts if they are left unresolved. Effort has been

Multidisciplinary, innovative and high values development of high performance, cost-effective and environmentally acceptable separation systems is highly desired to tackle the sustainability challenges that facing current desalination technology. Owing to their versatility and immense potentials to

Large-scale Li-ion doped graphene/carbon nanofiber porous architectures were prepared by electrospinning homogeneous LiNO3/graphene oxide/polyacrylonitrile nanofibers, followed by carbonization at 900 °C. Capacitive de-ionization was measured in a dynamic mode. The architectures show excellent electri

In this paper, a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant with various energy recovery systems is studied using exergy analysis. These energy recovery devices include turbines and pressure exchangers as well as infinite area based single and two-stage pressure retarded osmosis units. The appropria

i n f o A customised simulation tool was used to estimate the SEC for RO and FO desalination by considering the effect of different process variables and UF pretreatment step. Using a CAPE-OPEN interface standard for running Matlab scripts in ASPEN, this modelling approach provided a flexible tool fo

• Electrospun membranes show good potential for membrane distillation. • Heat-press treatment can improve the properties of electrospun membrane. • Heat-press conditions are comprehensively studied here. • Heat-press temperature and duration play more important roles in heat-press. 0.21 Porosity (%)

Desalination via pervaporation has the potential to be an efficient way of getting fresh water from non-potable saline sources with the advantages of a high rejection of salt and the capability of coping with high-salinity solutions. This overview of desalination via pervaporation mainly focuses on m