Research Abstracts

Design and operating characteristics are analyzed for two pilot scale reverse osmosis plants. The first plant is installed in Sharjah to desalinate brackish water for a small community. The second plant is installed in Qatar to test the feasibility of desalting high-salinity seawater for irrigation

In this paper, a new formulation based on disjunctive programming to model the superstructure of alternative configurations for the synthesis, design and analysis of combined cycle power and desalination plant recently developed in Mussati et al. [Desalination, 182 (2005) 123–129] is presented. In t

After two years of non-continuous service of three boilers, weld seams for the super heater and header tubes showed severe circumferential cracking and failure. Extensive cracking was noticed after emergency shutdown to investigate the cause of tubes leakage. On-site investigation revealed the fact

The need for high quality water significantly increased during the second half of the last century. It has been a complex task to develop an optimized process without actual testing which usually requires costly test procedures. The desalination industry is the life live for several countries and zo

The results of pilot testing of dual media filtration on seawater from an open intake in the Thermaikos Gulf, northern Greece, are presented in this study. Two different filter materials, FILTRALITE MC, a processed expanded clay material with particle range 1.5–2.5 mm, and anthracite coal with a sim

The present work summarizes parametric optimization technique of multi effect desalination with thermal vapor compression (MED-TVC) process to increase gain output ratio (GOR) value. In order to increase GOR value, a simulation model of MED-TVC system is presented. This simulation can provide engine

Operation of desalination process is sometimes a difficult task, especially when the plant is getting older. Process engineers and operators are required to follow-up any changes or variations in process parameters either in control room or on-site measurements. Undetectable deviation and/or malfunc

In the last two years, international AQUAPOT project has carried out the installation of three drinking water treatment plants based on ultrafiltration (UF), in rural areas of the Andean region of Ecuador without access to drinking water. In addition, the project has carried out an applied parallel

Tantalum-based diamond film electrode is found having wider potential window and better catalyzingoxidation efficiency by testing its electrochemical performance. By examining electrochemical degradation performance of tridecane dicarboxylic acid organic wastewater on these electrodes, the effect of

The aim of this work was to compare the data on flux decline with time obtained with ultrafiltration experiments of polyethylene glycols (PEGs) performed under different experimental conditions (transmembrane pressures and crossflow velocities) and the theoretical predictions for these experimental