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Design and thermo-economic evaluation of an integrated concentrated solar power – Desalination tri-generation system
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2021 , Article)
In this work, a concentrated solar power (CSP) tri-generation system that is capable of the simultaneous production of steam, power and freshwater is introduced. The abundantly available direct normal irradiance can ...
Recent advances in nanofibrous membranes: Production and applications in water treatment and desalination
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article)
Desalination of seawater is a promising technique that contributes a reliable and abundant source of clean potable water. This review investigates the current status and forthcoming advancement in nanofiber technology, ...
Cascaded design of desalination systems: A graphical approach
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American Chemical Society
, 2021 , Article)
A graphical technique to design staged desalination systems is introduced in this work by utilizing the concept of composite curves. Material recycle networks (MRNs), which are very popular graphical tools, also rely on ...
Modeling of forward osmosis process using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the permeate flux
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are black box models that are becoming more popular than transport-based models due to their high accuracy and less computational time in predictions. The literature shows a lack of ANN ...
Simultaneous treatment of reject brine and capture of carbon dioxide: A comprehensive review
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2020 , Article Review)
The ongoing expansion of industries results in the increased emission of various pollutants into the environment, contributing to the rapid deterioration of air, water, and soil quality. Notable pollutants addressed in ...
Artificial neural network modeling of wastewater treatment and desalination using membrane processes: A review
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article Review)
The freshwater scarcity is causing a major challenge due to the growing global population. The brackish water and seawater are the biggest sources of water on the planet. Therefore, using desalination and water treatment ...
Nanoparticles functionalized ceramic membranes: fabrication, surface modification, and performance
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2021 , Article Review)
Membrane technologies are used intensively for desalination and wastewater treatment. Water filtration using ceramic membranes exhibited high performance compared with polymeric membranes due to various properties such as ...
Reduced titania nanorods and Ni–Mo–S catalysts for photoelectrocatalytic water treatment and hydrogen production coupled with desalination
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study presents a ternary hybrid solar desalination process coupled with photoelectrocatalytic water treatment and H2 production in a single device. The desalination of brackish water in the desalination cell is initiated ...
Electrodialysis based waste utilization methodology for the desalination industry
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2021 , Article)
High salinilty wastewater and carbon dioxide are major hurdles in implementing a sustainable desalination technology. This study proposes an electrodialysis (ED) technique for onsite utilization of desalination reject brine ...
Impact of high turbidity on reverse osmosis: Evaluation of pretreatment processes
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Desalination Publications
, 2020 , Article)
This study evaluates the performance of sand filtration (SF) and ultra-filtration (UF) as pretreat-ment processes for reverse osmosis (RO) for seawater with turbidities of 4.8, 23.2, and 99.7 NTU. For seawater with a ...