Overview
- Wide compendium introduces into all modern technologies of desalination
- Includes introduction to many novel technologies
- Unique starting base for Professionals
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 energy market. "Seawater Desalination" presents an overview of conventional and non-conventional technologies, with a particular focus on the coupling of renewable energies with desalination processes.
The first section of this book presents, in a technical but reader-friendly way, an overview of currently-used desalination processes, from thermal to membrane processes, highlighting the relevant technical features, advantages and disadvantages, and development potential. It also gives a rapid insight into the economic aspects of fresh water production from seawater.
The second section of the book presents novel processes which use Renewable Energies for fresh water production. From the first solar still evaporators, which artificially reproduced the natural cycle of water, technology has progressed to develop complex systems to harness energy from the sun, wind, tides, waves, etc. and then to use this energy to power conventional or novel desalination processes. Most of these processes are still at a preliminary stage of development, but some are already being cited as examples in remote areas, where they are proving to be valuable in solving the problems of water scarcity.
A rapid growth in these technologies is foreseen in the coming years. This book provides a unique foundation, within the context of present and future sustainability, for professionals, technicians, managers, and private and public institutions operating in the area of fresh water supply.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seawater Desalination
Book Subtitle: Conventional and Renewable Energy Processes
Editors: Giorgio Micale, Lucio Rizzuti, Andrea Cipollina
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01150-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-01149-8Published: 30 September 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26059-9Published: 14 March 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-01150-4Published: 24 December 2009
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 306
Number of Illustrations: 135 b/w illustrations
Topics: 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