Fresh Water from Saline Waters
The Political, Social, Engineering and Economic Aspects of Desalination
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Author: Philip Sporn
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 7 0 0 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 8 5 8 5 - 9
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Request a sales quoteFresh Water from Saline Waters: The Political, Social, Engineering and Economic Aspects of Desalination examines the political, social, engineering and economic aspects of desalination, with emphasis on the recovery of fresh water from saline waters. The feasibility of combining power generation and distillation is discussed. This book begins with an overview of the history and some basic concepts of desalination, a process that involves artificially taking away or removing the salt from salted water or from sea water. It then presents a brief overall perspective on water supply and its uses in the United States, along with an explanation of the technical principles of distillation with particular reference to evaporation, freezing, and electrodialysis. The desalination process known as multi-stage flash distillation is also considered, together with the principles of combining power generation and distillation and the thermodynamic basis of this integration. The book concludes with an analysis of the economics of nuclear power plants and nuclear heat for distillation. This monograph will be useful for undergraduate students, practitioners, and researchers in engineering, economics, politics, and social sciences.
Foreword
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1. Fresh Water from Saline Waters
Introduction
U.S. Water Supply and its Uses
Some Basic Concepts of Desalination
History of Desalination
The Technical Principles
Multi-Stage Flash Distillation
Principles of Combining
The Thermodynamic Basis for Integrated Operation
Economics of Nuclear Power in Power and Distillation
Conclusion
Appendix
- No. of pages: 48
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483170046
- eBook ISBN: 9781483185859
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