Desalination Sustainability: A Technical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Approach presents a technical, socioeconomical, and environmental approach that guides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process using thermodynamics-based tools.
The book offers the technical reader an understanding of the issues related to desalination sustainability. For example, technology users, such as public utility managers will gain the ability and tools to assess whether or not desalination is a good choice for a city or country.
Readers will learn new insights on a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple and effective tools, such as levelized cost of water (LCOW) calculation.
Decision-makers will find this book to be a valuable resource for the preliminary assessment of whether renewable-powered desalination is a good choice for their particular setting.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction: What is Sustainable Desalination? - p. xiii 2. Chapter 2: Membrane-Based Desalination Technology for Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction - p. 30 3. Chapter 3: Autonomous Solar-Powered Desalination Systems for Remote Communities - p. 74 4. Chapter 4: Thermodynamics, Exergy, and Energy Efficiency in Desalination Systems - p. 124 5. Abstract - p. 127 6. 1 Introduction - p. 128 7. 2 Thermodynamic Essentials - p. 132 8. 3 Exergy Analysis - p. 148 9. 4 Thermodynamic Analysis of Desalination Processes - p. 157 10. 5 Entropy Generation Mechanisms in Seawater Desalination Technologies - p. 174 11. 6 Second Law Efficiency for a Desalination System Operating as Part of a Cogeneration Plant - p. 185 12. 7 Summary - p. 190 13. Appendix A Seawater Properties Correlations - p. 192 14. Appendix B Pitzer Parameters - p. 200 15. Chapter 5: Brine Management in Desalination Plants - p. 206 16. Chapter 6: Advanced Membrane-Based Desalination Systems for Water and Minerals Extracted From the Sea - p. 236 17. Chapter 7: Nanoparticle Incorporation into Desalination and Water Treatment Membranes—Potential Advantages and Challenges - p. 259 18. Chapter 8: Prospects and State-of-the-Art of Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Desalination Processes - p. 303 19. Chapter 9: Satellites-Based Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms for Sustainable Desalination - p. 339 20. Chapter 10: Desalination as a Municipal Water Supply in the United States - p. 366 21. Chapter 11: Commercialization of Desalination and Water Treatment Technology: Shining a Light on the Path From Research Project to Intellectual Property Acquisition - p. 398 22. Index - p. 415
Desalination Sustainability: A Technical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Approach presents a technical, socioeconomical, and environmental approach that guides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process using thermodynamics-based tools.
The book offers the technical reader an understanding of the issues related to desalination sustainability. For example, technology users, such as public utility managers will gain the ability and tools to assess whether or not desalination is a good choice for a city or country.
Readers will learn new insights on a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple and effective tools, such as levelized cost of water (LCOW) calculation.
Decision-makers will find this book to be a valuable resource for the preliminary assessment of whether renewable-powered desalination is a good choice for their particular setting.
1. Chapter 1: Introduction: What is Sustainable Desalination? - p. xiii 2. Chapter 2: Membrane-Based Desalination Technology for Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction - p. 30 3. Chapter 3: Autonomous Solar-Powered Desalination Systems for Remote Communities - p. 74 4. Chapter 4: Thermodynamics, Exergy, and Energy Efficiency in Desalination Systems - p. 124 5. Abstract - p. 127 6. 1 Introduction - p. 128 7. 2 Thermodynamic Essentials - p. 132 8. 3 Exergy Analysis - p. 148 9. 4 Thermodynamic Analysis of Desalination Processes - p. 157 10. 5 Entropy Generation Mechanisms in Seawater Desalination Technologies - p. 174 11. 6 Second Law Efficiency for a Desalination System Operating as Part of a Cogeneration Plant - p. 185 12. 7 Summary - p. 190 13. Appendix A Seawater Properties Correlations - p. 192 14. Appendix B Pitzer Parameters - p. 200 15. Chapter 5: Brine Management in Desalination Plants - p. 206 16. Chapter 6: Advanced Membrane-Based Desalination Systems for Water and Minerals Extracted From the Sea - p. 236 17. Chapter 7: Nanoparticle Incorporation into Desalination and Water Treatment Membranes—Potential Advantages and Challenges - p. 259 18. Chapter 8: Prospects and State-of-the-Art of Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Desalination Processes - p. 303 19. Chapter 9: Satellites-Based Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms for Sustainable Desalination - p. 339 20. Chapter 10: Desalination as a Municipal Water Supply in the United States - p. 366 21. Chapter 11: Commercialization of Desalination and Water Treatment Technology: Shining a Light on the Path From Research Project to Intellectual Property Acquisition - p. 398 22. Index - p. 415
