Sustainable desalination and water reuse / editors, Eric M.V. Hoek, David Jassby, Richard B. Kaner ; authors, Jishan Wu [and 3 others].
"Over the past half century, reverse osmosis (RO) has grown from a nascent niche technology into the most versatile and effective desalination and advanced water treatment technology available. However, there remain certain challenges for improving the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of R...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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[San Rafael, California] :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2021]
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| Series: | Synthesis lectures on sustainable development ;
#3. |
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| Online Access: | Springer Nature Synthesis Collection of Technology (R0) eBook Collection 2021 |
| Summary: | "Over the past half century, reverse osmosis (RO) has grown from a nascent niche technology into the most versatile and effective desalination and advanced water treatment technology available. However, there remain certain challenges for improving the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of RO desalination plants in various applications. In low-pressure RO applications, both capital (CAPEX) and operating (OPEX) costs are largely influenced by product water recovery, which is typically limited by mineral scale formation. In seawater applications, recovery tends to be limited by the salinity limits on brine discharge and cost is dominated by energy demand. The combination of water scarcity and sustainability imperatives, in many locations, is driving system designs towards minimal and zero liquid discharge (M/ZLD) for inland brackish water, municipal and industrial wastewaters, and even seawater desalination. Herein, we review the basic principles of RO processes, the state-of-the-art for RO membranes, modules and system designs as well as methods for concentrating and treating brines to achieve MLD/ZLD, resource recovery and renewable energy powered desalination systems. Throughout, we provide examples of installations employing conventional and some novel approaches towards high recovery RO in a range of applications from brackish groundwater desalination to oil and gas produced water treatment and seawater desalination."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1636391893 1636391907 1636391915 3031795083 3031795091 9781636391892 9781636391908 9781636391915 9783031795084 9783031795091 |
| ISSN: | 2637-7691 ; |