As reported by Khanafer & Vafai (2013) the desalination comes in the forward consumer for the energy, which will be useful as a consequences for the solar system which is considered as as example for the one of the nanotechnology benefits. To explain that, people in many countries have struggled form unsuitable water, as a result they have built many factories to desalinate the most important resource for their life. These factories rely on the heaters and condensers to produce clean water which is in turn to consume the thermal energy whatever was the source of this energy. In addition, the nano technological improvement will affect directly the process of desalination.
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Today, desalination is a common process that's used in seaside cities and towns worldwide. There are more than 15,000 desalination plants around the world providing freshwater from salt and brackish water alike (Planet Green 2011). This number continues to grow as researchers work to improve the process, both in terms of cost effectiveness and energy efficiency (DSE 2011). But countries such as Australia, Israel and even the United States are continually adding desalination plants of various sorts into their water-management portfolios. The facilities are common in North Africa and the Mideast, where freshwater is scarce (Chandler 2008).
The advantages of desalination represents an opportunity to use oceanic water resources. If the appropriate conditions are present, a desalination plant could potentially be used to replace an existing or future dam. As existing sources of useable water run dry, desalination is a very effective, alternative source of water. On top of that the distillation process produces one of the highest quality water, with a range of 1 to 50 ppm tds, tds is also known as total dissolved solids. With the recommended California standard being 500 ppm, this quality of water is far beyond any other water quality seen before.
Since the discovery that desalination could provide humans in California with clean potable water from the ocean could be very effective, it
Should California start to desalinate Ocean water? California should not start to desalinate ocean water
A desalination plant is a possible alternative to California’s need of consumable water. There is a course cons against desalination mainly affecting the marine environment for leaving highly concentrated saline water behind through the process but we should not fear it as it is a long term solution we cannot toss aside. Kerry Cavanaugh from Los Angeles Times mentions, “2,000 an acre foot, compared to about $1,000 an acre foot for imported water” (par. 3). This means that production of water through this process is cost efficient and seems rather illogical to spend more money into producing water; instead of importing it from another major source. The process cost is not a major step forward, but the idea of reaching out to import water is rather absurd. California is an arid state; we are the ones responsible for turning it into a paradise. In order to maintain it that way a method to lower the cost of desalination can be propose as solution. The thought
Desalination is the process of removing dissolved salts from water which makes it more useful and it makes it so if you drink the water you will not dehydrate faster and die.The water after the desalination process is utilised for drinking water , crops like corn and wheat , showers , washers , municipal / potable use and for agricultural irrigation but is also used extensively in many other applications where high quality water is required .
According to David Sedlak, we have made large progress in seawater desalination for the past 2 decades. The largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere that is built north of San Diego uses half of the energy use than Santa Barbara 25 years ago. One reason why Sea Water is a good way to save more groundwater because we do not have a lot of water, but lots of oil. Also seawater desalination is not always good, there is a negative side. It is energy intensive; that means that it will cause a lot more climate change, but that is the only negative thing David Sadlak had mentioned about seawater desalination; but so far the new seawater desalination plant uses half the energy it used to. This would help California because it would lower the amount of water that is pumped from the ground, therefore, seawater desalination is a possible solution for conserving more
Another argument opposing desalination is the environmental concerns. Many believe that since ocean water is being extracted, marine life will be disturbed. Therefore, affecting the entire ecosystem: “With the majority of desalination plants extracting water directly through open water intakes in the ocean, there is a direct impact on marine life. Fish and other marine organisms are killed on the intake screens (impingement); organisms small enough to pass through, such as plankton, fish eggs, and larvae, are killed during processing of the salt water (entrainment). The impacts on the marine environment, even for a single desalination plant, may be subject to daily, seasonal, annual, and even decadal variation, and are likely to be species- and site-specific” (Cooley).
water and increase the amount of it. However, it thought about desalination plant. What does desalination mean? Many people do not know the meaning of desalination and it is important to know the meaning to confident them when they use the water after desalination. It is the process of removing salt and any gas from seawater to be valid for drinking, watering, manufacturing and so on. The desalination plant has major challenges, which is the high cost because they need to use a high-level technological to remove the gas and the salinity of the water. In addition, the water after the process needs to test to be sure about the validity of using it. The UAE has desalinated seawater because they cannot use the water directly, it consists salt and
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Water desalination is very important for us because it give us access to fresh and clean water. Also, water desalination is useful because we use it in many ways. For example, trees spraying , human consuming , municipalities, water glasses , hotels and resort. But also for industrial applications like power plants , oil and gas , chemical factories , requiring specific process water for their
When I was younger, I remember watching The Wizard of Oz with my father. I remember the cowardly lion trying to find courage when really he had all along while he was searching for it. He was able to defend his friend and stand up to the witch. Those actions are the complete opposite of being a coward. Yet, he only initially recognized he had courage once he received a medal from ‘The Wizard’.
Australia, as the driest inhabited continent, had installed 331 desalination plants supplying high quality water to the increasing population. Another country, China, also implete the use of desalination plants to tackle the drought and large population problems. This section will compare several technologies used in these two countries. As shown in Table 1, RO is the most used technology in both countries, accounting for 61.03% in Australia and 81.3% in China.
Many benefits arise with the implementation of desalination plants by producing new forms of drinkable water in places where more common sources of clean water