Seawater Desalination Conventional and Renewable Energy Processes /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Micale, Giorgio (Editor), Rizzuti, Lucio (Editor), Cipollina, Andrea (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Water-supply.; Chemical engineering.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.

A growing proportion of the world’s population is dependent on Seawater Desalination as a source of fresh water for both potable and civil use. One of the main drawbacks of conventional desalination technologies is the substantial energy requirement, which is facing cost increases in the global ener...

Table of Contents:

• Seawater Desalination for Freshwater Production
• Conventional Thermal Processes
• Membranes for Desalination
• Commercial Desalination Technologies
• Nuclear Desalination
• Solar Thermal Processes
• Membrane Distillation for Solar Desalination
• Photovoltaic Reverse Osmosis and Electrodialysis
• Wind and Wave Energy for Reverse Osmosis
• Operating RE/Desalination Units
• Protecting the Marine Environment.