Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Foreword -- Contributors -- About the editors -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to desalination -- 1.1 DRIVERS -- 1.2 DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES -- 1.2.1 Reverse osmosis -- 1.2.2 Distillation -- 1.2.3 Energy consumption and cost -- 1.3 GLOBAL DESALINATION CAPACITY -- 1.3.1 Desalination capacity by technology and source water type -- 1.3.2 Desalination capacity by region -- 1.3.3 Desalination capacity per type of customer -- 1.4 DESALINATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 1.5 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- 1.6 MEMBRANE FOULING -- 1.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 1.8 REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: Basic principles of reverse osmosis -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 OSMOTIC PRESSURE -- 2.2.1 Calculation of osmotic pressure -- 2.3 WATER FLOW -- 2.3.1 Salt rejection -- 2.3.2 Salt passage -- 2.4 SALT FLOW -- 2.4.1 Permeate salinity -- 2.5 RECOVERY AND CONCENTRATION FACTOR -- 2.6 PRESSURE DROP -- 2.7 CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION -- 2.7.1 Control of concentration polarization -- 2.7.2 Effects of concentration polarization -- 2.7.3 Concentration polarization factor -- 2.8 MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT -- 2.9 TEMPERATURE AND WATER QUALITY -- 2.10 FACTORS AFFECTING REVERSE OSMOSIS PERFORMANCE -- 2.11 ENERGY CONSUMPTION -- 2.12 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION -- 2.13 REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Fouling and pre-treatment -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION TO FOULING -- 3.2 PRE-TREATMENT -- 3.2.1 Intakes, shore wells / beach wells -- 3.2.2 Conventional pre-treatment processes -- 3.2.3 Screens -- 3.2.4 Chlorination -- 3.2.5 Granular media filters -- 3.2.5.1 Filter media -- 3.2.5.2 Vulnerability of media filtration -- 3.2.5.3 Filtration rate -- 3.2.5.4 Filters -- 3.2.5.5 Media and quality effluent -- 3.2.5.6 Dual and multimedia filtration -- 3.2.6 Inline coagulation (direct filtration) -- 3.2.6.1 Commonly applied coagulants -- 3.2.7 Flocculation - sedimentation - media filtration.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (301 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781780409863
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6978125
DDC:
628.16744
Language:
English
Note:
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