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What Is Desalination / Distillation?
Desalination/Distillation is one of mankind's earliest forms of water treatment, and it is still a popular treatment solution throughout the world today. In ancient times, many civilizations used this process on their ships to convert sea water into drinking water. Today, desalination plants are used to convert sea water to drinking water on ships and in many arid regions of the world, and to treat water in other areas that is fouled by natural and unnatural contaminants. Distillation is perhaps the one water treatment technology that most completely reduces the widest range of drinking water contaminants. In nature, this basic process is responsible for the hydrologic cycle. The sun causes water to evaporate from surface sources such as lakes, oceans, and streams. The water vapor eventually comes in contact with cooler air, where it re-condenses to form dew or rain. This process can be imitated artificially, and more rapidly than in nature, using alternative sources of heating and cooling. Free ArticlesTimelines - Desalination TechnologySmall Scale DesalinationGlobal Production of Desalination WaterEmerging TechnologiesSustaining Water Why Use Renewable Energy for DesalinationEnergy Requirements for Desalination ProcessesHumanity's Need for EnergyEconomics of Water and Energy Technology Desalintion as a natural phenomenon has obviously occured on the earth for many million years.Desalination may be defined as: "The art of producing fresh potable water from a saline supply at a resonable cost with reasonable reliability".(To read more about Desalination/Distillation subscribe DESWARE On-line)
In nature, this basic process is responsible for the hydrologic cycle. The sun causes water to evaporate from surface sources such as lakes, oceans, and streams. The water vapor eventually comes in contact with cooler air, where it re-condenses to form dew or rain. This process can be imitated artificially, and more rapidly than in nature, using alternative sources of heating and cooling.
Desalintion as a natural phenomenon has obviously occured on the earth for many million years.Desalination may be defined as: "The art of producing fresh potable water from a saline supply at a resonable cost with reasonable reliability".(To read more about Desalination/Distillation subscribe DESWARE On-line)
