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Desalination Process Of A Salt Water Environment From Water

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Zhanna Shin
MSE 227
T-Th 2:00-3:15 pm
Professor Lisa Reiner
December 5, 2016

Desalination Processes

ABSTRACT

The process of desalination can be described as any process that removes salts and other mineral particles present in a salt water environment from water. Desalination processes can help variety of industries as well as human consumption. In the very beginning desalination processes were associated with much higher costs but since the massive researched and improvements in the technology started happening, desalination processes started competing with less expensive methods for cleanliness of water (Krishna, 1). Two distinct techniques for water treatment processes use either electrical-driven or pressure-driven technologies. For the purpose of this technical report the main focus will revolve around pressure-driven membrane operation which will encompass four overlapping membrane types. These categories compiled of Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration (Pangarkar, Sane, Guddad, 2011).

INTRODUCTION

The groundwater storage has been depleted through the various sources of human consumption. In many places the quality of groundwater became a concern that can harm human health because of the overexploitation as well as contamination. Without a constant source of water human survival can be threatened. Therefore, methods of supplying fresh water such as desalination processes have become very popular and widely studied because of

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