Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies

AS Bello, N Zouari, DA Da'ana, JN Hahladakis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in
managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date …

Comparison analysis of different technologies for the removal of boron from seawater: A review

N Najid, S Kouzbour, A Ruiz-García, S Fellaou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Boron overabundance in drinking and irrigation water is a severe environment and health
issues because it is toxic to various crops and induces many human and animals diseases …

Managing and treating per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in membrane concentrates

EW Tow, MS Ersan, S Kum, T Lee, TF Speth… - AWWA water …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are present in many waters, have
detrimental impacts on human health and the environment. Reverse osmosis (RO) and …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical carbon dioxide removal potential of Spain

LA Bullock, J Alcalde, F Tornos… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many countries have made pledges to reduce CO 2 emissions over the upcoming decades
to meet the Paris Agreement targets of limiting warming to no> 1.5° C, aiming for net zero by …

[HTML][HTML] A better understanding of seawater reverse osmosis brine: Characterizations, uses, and energy requirements

M Khan, RS Al-Absi, M Khraisheh… - Case Studies in Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Before investing in any optimizing technology for the recovery and reuse of brine resources,
it is of importance to study the full physicochemical characteristics of the brine. In the current …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgal-based Desalination Brine Remediation: Achievements, challenges, and future research trends

IE Gilani, H Hosseini, M Al Ghouti, I Saadaoui… - … Technology & Innovation, 2024 - Elsevier
Desalination brine discharge has several negative impacts on the marine environment, such
as increase in salinity levels, effects on marine biodiversity, and alteration of the physical …

Current available treatment technologies for saline wastewater and land‐based treatment as an emerging environment‐friendly technology: A review

D Marathe, A Singh, K Raghunathan… - Water Environment …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Different industrial activities such as agro‐food processing and manufacturing, leather
manufacturing, and paper and pulp production generate highly saline wastewater. Direct …

Study of the salinity effects on the cooling and desalination performance of an adsorption cooling cum desalination system with a novel composite adsorbent

S Bai, TC Ho, J Ha, AK An, CY Tso - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Adsorption cooling cum desalination systems can produce cooling effect and fresh water
simultaneously, powered by low-grade heat sources. This study aims to obtain the …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to Innovation in Water Treatment

F Ahmed, D Johnson, R Hashaikeh, N Hilal - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
While phenomenal strides are being made on the technological front, the water industry lags
behind other sectors in the adoption of innovative techniques. Contributing factors include …