Valuing improved water services and negative environmental externalities from seawater desalination technology: A choice experiment from the Galápagos

2022 ◽  
Vol 304 ◽  
pp. 114204
Author(s):  
William F. Vásquez ◽  
Nejem Raheem ◽  
Diego Quiroga ◽  
Valeria Ochoa-Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Environmental Externalities ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Desalination Technology

scholarly journals Environmental Performance of Small-Scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant for Rural Area Water Supply

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Latifah Abdul Ghani ◽  
Nora’aini Ali ◽  
Ilyanni Syazira Nazaran ◽  
Marlia M. Hanafiah
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Seawater Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Desalination Technology ◽  
The Impact

Seawater desalination is an alternative technology to provide safe drinking water and to solve water issues in an area having low water quality and limited drinking water supply. Currently, reverse osmosis (RO) is commonly used in the desalination technology and experiencing significant growth. The aim of this study was to analyze the environmental impacts of the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant installed in Kampung Pantai Senok, Kelantan, as this plant was the first installed in Malaysia. The software SimaPro 8.5 together with the ReCiPe 2016 database were used as tools to evaluate the life cycle assessment (LCA) of the SWRO plant. The results showed that the impact of global warming (3.90 kg CO2 eq/year) was the highest, followed by terrestrial ecotoxicity (1.62 kg 1,4-DCB/year) and fossil resource scarcity (1.29 kg oil eq/year). The impact of global warming was caused by the natural gas used to generate the electricity, mainly during the RO process. Reducing the environmental impact can be effectively achieved by decreasing the electricity usage for the seawater desalination process. As a suggestion, electricity generation can be overcome by using a high-flux membrane with other suitable renewable energy for the plant such as solar and wind energy.

Seawater desalination technology and engineering in China: A review

Desalination ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 498 ◽  
pp. 114728
Author(s):  
Saisai Lin ◽  
Haiyang Zhao ◽  
Liping Zhu ◽  
Tao He ◽  
Shengfu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Desalination Technology

scholarly journals Novel Maleic Acid, Crosslinked, Nanofibrous Chitosan/Poly (Vinylpyrrolidone) Membranes for Reverse Osmosis Desalination

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (19) ◽  
pp. 7338
Author(s):  
Israr Ali ◽  
Muhammad Asim Raza ◽  
Rashid Mehmood ◽  
Atif Islam ◽  
Aneela Sabir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Maleic Acid ◽  
Ftir Analysis ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Thin Film Composite ◽  
Active Layers ◽  
Physical Interactions ◽  
Desalination Technology ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Desalination

Fresh and clean water is consistently depleting and becoming a serious problem with rapid increases in population, so seawater desalination technology has captured global attention. For an efficient desalination process, this work proposes a novel, nanofibrous, thin-film composite membrane (NF-TFC) based on the deposition of the nanofibrous active layer of a blend of chitosan (CS) and poly (vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) crosslinked with maleic acid on a 3-triethoxysilylpropylamine functionalized cellulose acetate substrate. FTIR analysis demonstrated the development of chemical and physical interactions and confirmed the incorporation of functional groups present in the NF-TFC. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micrographs depict the fibrous structure of the active layers. The reverse osmosis (RO) desalination characteristics of NF-TFC membranes are elevated by increasing the concentration of the crosslinker in a CS/PVP blend. Cellulose acetate (CA)-S4 attained an optimal salt rejection of 98.3% and permeation flux of 42.9 L/m2h, suggesting that the NF-TFC membranes could be favorable for seawater desalination.

The Natural Vacuum Desalination Technology in Seawater Desalination

2014 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 851-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Hua Liu ◽  
Xin Chun Zhang ◽  
Ya Qin Fang ◽  
Ming Ming Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Water Column ◽  
Physical Model ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
High Water ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Desalination Technology

Seawater desalination technology is an important way to solve the freshwater shortage problem. Natural vacuum desalination (NVD) technology generates very low pressure environment in the headspace of 10 meters high water column. The weight of the water column is balanced by atmospheric pressure, and low-temperature desalination proceeds in the headspace. NVD technology drives the desalination process without any mechanical pumping, and requires relatively inferior quality of device material and simple structures. In this paper, the basic theory of NVD technology is introduced and physical model is described. Research progresses of different types of NVD technologies are summarized, and the method of increasing freshwater production is pointed out. This paper also illustrates the outlook on future development of NVD technology.

Development of reverse osmosis membrane seawater desalination in Japan

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Magara ◽  
M. Kawasaki ◽  
M. Sekino ◽  
H. Yamamura
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membrane ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
The World ◽  
Desalination Technology ◽  
Purification Plant ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

The seawater desalination facilities by reverse osmosis membranes in the world are reviewed. The largest seawater desalination facility using reverse osmosis started its operation at Chatan water purification plant in Okinawa prefectural water works. The high-efficiency seawater desalination technology which improves the recovery ratio of fresh water up to 60% developed by a manufacturing company of reverse osmosis membranes in Japan is explained. Finally the state of the art of desalination technology development using reverse osmosis membranes is discussed.

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