Desalination Sustainability: A Technical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Approach

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.

Presents the issues related to desalination sustainabilityGuides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process using thermodynamics-based toolsOutlines a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple and effective tools Provides a roadmap for decision-makers on the applicability of a desalination process at a particular setting

1. Introduction: What is Sustainable Desalination? 2. Membrane-Based Desalination Technology for Energy Efficiency and Cost Reduction 3. Autonomous Solar-Powered Desalination Systems for Remote Communities 4. Thermodynamics, Exergy, and Energy Efficiency in Desalination Systems 5. Brine Management in Desalination Plants 6. Advanced Membrane-Based Desalination Systems for Water and Minerals Extracted From the Sea 7. Nanoparticle Incorporation into Desalination and Water Treatment Membranes - Potential Advantages and Challenges 8. Prospects and State-of-the-Art of Carbon Nanotube Membranes in Desalination Processes 9. Satellites-Based Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms for Sustainable Desalination 10. Desalination as a Municipal Water Supply in the United States 11. Commercialization of Desalination and Water Treatment Technology: Shining a Light on the Path From Research Project to Intellectual Property Acquisition