Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability

MW Shahzad, M Burhan, L Ang, KC Ng - Desalination, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy-water-environment nexus is very important to attain COP21 goal, maintaining
environment temperature increase below 2° C, but unfortunately two third share of CO 2 …

Recent progress on the utilization of waste heat for desalination: A review

K Elsaid, ET Sayed, BAA Yousef, MKH Rabaia… - Energy conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Desalination is currently considered as a reliable nonconventional freshwater supply, which
has been practiced on a large scale for many decades. Nevertheless, desalination is …

Techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of desalination technologies

T Mezher, H Fath, Z Abbas, A Khaled - Desalination, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review and assessment of desalination technologies
such as thermal which includes multi-stage flash (MSF) and multiple effect distillation (MED) …

Opportunities for solar water desalination worldwide

M Shatat, M Worall, S Riffat - Sustainable cities and society, 2013 - Elsevier
Water desalination is increasingly becoming a competitive solution for providing drinking-
water in many countries around the world. The desalination of saline water has been …

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 …

Renewable energy-driven innovative energy-efficient desalination technologies

N Ghaffour, S Lattemann, T Missimer, KC Ng, S Sinha… - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Globally, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) desalinates the largest capacity of
seawater but through energy-intensive thermal processes such as multi-stage flash (MSF) …

Water desalination technologies utilizing conventional and renewable energy sources

M Shatat, SB Riffat - International Journal of Low-Carbon …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Water is one of the earth's most abundant resources, covering about three-quarters of the
planet's surface. Yet, there is an acute shortage of potable water in many countries …

Carbon footprint analysis and carbon neutrality potential of desalination by electrodialysis for different applications

N Xue, J Lu, D Gu, Y Lou, Y Yuan, G Li, S Kumagai… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-carbon water production technologies are indispensable for achieving sustainable
development goals and mitigating global climate change. However, at present, many …

[HTML][HTML] Life-cycle environmental assessment of solar-driven Multi-Effect Desalination (MED) plant

M Alhaj, F Tahir, SG Al-Ghamdi - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination supplies 97 million m 3 of freshwater daily to more than 300 million
people worldwide. The global desalination market is dominated by two technologies …

Energy and environmental issues of seawater reverse osmosis desalination considering boron rejection: A comprehensive review and a case study of exergy analysis

N Najid, S Fellaou, S Kouzbour, B Gourich… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the rapid worldwide growth of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination
capacity has reignited the boron removal challenge in drinking water. The objective of this …