scholarly journals Evaluation of energy consumption during the seawater desalination process simulated to the aqueous ternary system {NaCl + KCl}(aq)

2021 ◽  
Vol 314 ◽  
pp. 08001
Author(s):  
Abdelkbir Errougui ◽  
Asmaa Benbiyi ◽  
Mohamed El Guendouzi

Energy consumption is a purely thermodynamic concept very useful in several scientific fields such as desalination, oceanography, biology, geochemistry and environmental processes, as well as in industrial applications. In this investigation, based on a thermodynamic approach, the calculation of energy consumption was evaluated during the desalination of seawater simulated to the aqueous ternary system {NaCl + KCl}(aq). The mixing ionic parameters, obtained in our previous work, are used to predict the osmotic and activity coefficients in the aqueous solutions at different salinities ranging from 3.6 up to 72 g.L-1 at T = 298.15 K using the ion interaction model. The theoretical energy consumption of desalination was calculated at various salinities and recovery ratios.

1989 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 2840-2847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivona Malijevská ◽  
Alena Maštalková ◽  
Marie Sýsová

Isobaric equilibrium data (P = 101.3 kPa) for the system cyclohexane-acetic acid-propionic acid have been measured by two different analytical techniques. Activity coefficients calculated by simultaneous solving of equations for the chemical and phase equilibria were subjected to a consistency test based on inaccuracies determined from the error propagation law, and were correlated by Wilson’s equation. The activity coefficients measured were compared with those calculated from binary vapour-liquid equilibrium data and with values predicted by the UNIFAC method.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1729
Author(s):  
Patrizio Raffa

The study of interactions between polyelectrolytes (PE) and surfactants is of great interest for both fundamental and applied research. These mixtures can represent, for example, models of self-assembly and molecular organization in biological systems, but they are also relevant in industrial applications. Amphiphilic block polyelectrolytes represent an interesting class of PE, but their interactions with surfactants have not been extensively explored so far, most studies being restricted to non-associating PE. In this work, interactions between an anionic amphiphilic triblock polyelectrolyte and different types of surfactants bearing respectively negative, positive and no charge, are investigated via surface tension and solution rheology measurements for the first time. It is evidenced that the surfactants have different effects on viscosity and surface tension, depending on their charge type. Micellization of the surfactant is affected by the presence of the polymer in all cases; shear viscosity of polymer solutions decreases in presence of the same charge or nonionic surfactants, while the opposite charge surfactant causes precipitation. This study highlights the importance of the charge type, and the role of the associating hydrophobic block in the PE structure, on the solution behavior of the mixtures. Moreover, a possible interaction model is proposed, based on the obtained data.


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