Description
Book SynopsisAs one of the most promising technologies used to supply water to populations in arid regions, water desalination is a dynamically growing field. This book offers a far-reaching survey of the progress in the field, covering desalination science, technology, economics, energy considerations, environmental impact, and more.
Trade Review“It is a key guide for professionals and researchers in water desalination and related areas including chemical, mechanical, and civil engineers, chemists, materials scientist, manufacturers of desalination membranes, water reuse engineers, and water authorities, as well as students in these fields.” (Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ, 1 March 2013
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Noam Lior
Introduction to the Book Series ix
Noam Lior
About the Authors xi
1. Water Desalination Revisited in Changing Physical and Economic Environments 1
Yehia M. El-Sayed
2. Environmental and Performance Aspects of Pretreatment and Desalination Technologies 79
Sabine Lattemann,∗ Sergio G. Salinas Rodriguez, Maria D. Kennedy, Jan C. Schippers, and Gary L. Amy
3. Economic Aspects of Water Desalination 197
Amitzur Barak
4. Advances in Hollow-Fiber Reverse-Osmosis Membrane Modules in Seawater Desalination 309
Atsuo Kumano
5. Adsorption–Desalination Cycle 377
Anutosh Chakraborty, Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha,∗ and Kim Choon Ng∗
6. Advanced Instrumentation, Measurement, Control, and Automation (IMCA) in Multistage Flash (MSF) and Reverse-Osmosis (RO) Water Desalination 453
Noam Lior,∗ Ali El-Nashar, and Corrado Sommariva
Index 659
