Desalination and environment: A critical analysis of impacts, mitigation strategies, and greener desalination technologies

I Ihsanullah, MA Atieh, M Sajid, MK Nazal - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The desalination of seawater is perceived as one of the most viable processes to fulfill the
mounting demand for freshwater. Despite enormous economic, social, and health benefits …

Energy consumption for water use cycles in different countries: A review

M Wakeel, B Chen, T Hayat, A Alsaedi, B Ahmad - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy and water are essential, inseparable, and inextricably linked resources that are
recognized as indispensable inputs to modern economic and national security …

[PDF][PDF] Rohstoffe für Zukunftstechnologien 2021: Auftragsstudie

F Marscheider-Weidemann - Rohstoffe für Zukunftstechnologien 2021 …, 2021 - zbw.eu
Mineralische Rohstoffe sind für die industrielle Wertschöpfung, den technologischen
Fortschritt und den Erhalt unseres Wohlstands unverzichtbar. Sie leisten einen wichtigen …

Energy requirements for water production, treatment, end use, reclamation, and disposal

AK Plappally - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Energy is consumed at every stage of the cycle of water supply, treatment, use and disposal.
The intensity of energy consumption (kWh/m3) depends upon the specific technologies …

Quantifying the energy, water and food nexus: A review of the latest developments based on life-cycle assessment

M Mannan, T Al-Ansari, HR Mackey… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy, water and food resource scarcity caused by rapid population growth, climate
change, imbalanced ecosystems, and economic diversification, is the biggest challenge for …

Environmental impact of emerging desalination technologies: A preliminary evaluation

K Elsaid, ET Sayed, MA Abdelkareem… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emerging desalination technologies are either a group of desalination techniques that have
not undergone commercialization due to the need for technological advancements. The …

Water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus of urban water systems: Review of concepts, state-of-art and methods

S Nair, B George, HM Malano, M Arora… - Resources …, 2014 - Elsevier
Water supply and wastewater services incur a large amount of energy and GHG emissions.
It is therefore imperative to understand the link between water and energy as their …

Environmental impact of desalination: A systematic review of Life Cycle Assessment

K Lee, W Jepson - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the global challenge of water insecurity, desalination capacity in the world has grown
in recent decades. At the same time, concerns over desalination's detrimental environmental …

Examining the life-cycle environmental impacts of desalination: A case study in the State of Qatar

M Mannan, M Alhaj, AN Mabrouk, SG Al-Ghamdi - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Comprehensive environmental impact of thermal desalination is poorly understood in
Middle Eastern and North African region, especially for multistage flash (MSF) desalination …

Application of life cycle assessment for desalination: Progress, challenges and future directions

NIHA Aziz, MM Hanafiah - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The sustainability performance of the desalination processes has received increasing
attention in recent years. In this study, the current progress and future perspective of a life …