Seawater and Desalting: Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages 1-10
The Water Problem....Pages 11-13
Desalting Processes....Pages 13-17
Raw Material Seawater....Pages 17-39
Distillation....Pages 40-47
Components of Distillation Plants....Pages 47-49
Vertical Tube Evaporators....Pages 49-52
Horizontal Tube Evaporators....Pages 52-53
Flash Evaporation....Pages 53-56
Other Distillation Processes....Pages 56-59
Combined Distillation Plants....Pages 59-60
Dual Purpose Plants....Pages 60-61
Waste Heat as Energy Source....Pages 61-63
Nuclear Energy as Heat Source....Pages 63-65
Geothermal Energy as Heat Source....Pages 65-67
Solar Energy as Heat Source....Pages 67-70
Scale Formation and Prevention....Pages 70-74
Treatment of Feed Water....Pages 74-79
Corrosion....Pages 80-82
Materials of Construction....Pages 83-90
Ion Exchange....Pages 91-93
Membrane Processes....Pages 94-94
Ion Exchange Membranes....Pages 95-108
Electrodialysis....Pages 108-117
Reverse Osmosis and Ultrafiltration....Pages 117-121
Reverse Osmosis Membranes....Pages 121-145
Reverse Osmosis Process....Pages 145-160
Other Applications of Reverse Osmosis and Ultrafiltration....Pages 160-168
Other Desalting Processes....Pages 169-171
Economic Considerations....Pages 172-179
Iceberg Utilization....Pages 180-181
Back Matter....Pages 182-192