Desware Contents | Sample Chapters
The history of Science and technology
Desalination in Antiquity
The Middle ages & Spread of Islam
The age of discovery and exploration
The age of science and reason
The influence of the Industrial Revolution
From 1900 until World War II
From 1940 until the Mid 1950's
The Beginnings of Large-scale Use of Desalination
Epilogue
History of distillation by boiling
History of Flash distillation
Multi-stage Flash distillation
The importance of desalination and the contribution of MSF distillation
Milestones in Desalination Technology
Specification of Key Desalination Plants
The need for desalination
Energy requirements for distillation
Distillation Flow sheets
Temperature range of distillation process
Types of MSF construction
Summing up general MSF Advances
Research and Development
Vapor Compression
Developments of MEB distillation
Distillation
Electrodialysis
Reverse Osmosis
Other methods
Large Scale Seawater Desalination in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Performance of the plants
Measurement and control
Modeling, simulation optimization and advanced automation
Process aspects
Design aspects (including automation)
Material aspects and selection
Cost aspects
Environmental aspects
The proposed plant
Summary and Recommendations
Water needs and availability in India
Historical developments of R&D on desalination in India
Current status
Thermal desalination
Reverse osmosis desalination
Desalination/water reuse strategies
Nuclear desalination
Large MSF Desalination Plants in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Review of the Recent History and the Current Situation
Trend Analysis for the Years (1970-2050)
Energy and Water: Critical Life Support Systems
Desalination Technology: A Supplement Solution