Comparative analysis of desalination technologies

P. G. Youssef; R. K. Al-Dadah; S. M. Mahmoud

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.258

Comparative analysis of desalination technologies

P. G. Youssef, R. K. Al-Dadah^*, S. M. Mahmoud

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Abstract

As the world population is growing, the need for fresh water is increasing. Water desalination is a mean for producing fresh water from saline water abundant in seas and oceans. Various technologies have been used to desalinate saline water with different performance characteristics. This work outlines current desalination technologies and compares their performance in terms of input and output water quality, amount of energy required, environmental impact and cost. It was found that adsorption desalination technology is a promising method for desalinating seawater due to its low running cost and low environmental impact as it uses waste energy resources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2604-2607
Number of pages	4
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.12.258
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014
Event	6th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2014 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 30 May 2014 → 2 Jun 2014

Keywords

Adsorption.
Chemical
Desalination
Membrane
Thermal

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Energy(all)

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