System developed at MIT cleans ‘produced water’ from natural gas wells, could lead to improved desalination plants for developing countries. Increased natural gas production is seen as a cru... Read more
The usages for the material are not confined to seawater desalination There are vast quantities of seawater available; drinking water, on the other hand, is in scarce supply. Desalination pl... Read more
Computer simulations indicate graphene desalination membranes could vastly outperform existing reverse-osmosis systems The earth harbors about 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water. Unfortun... Read more
The world needs clean water The world needs clean water, and more and more, we’re pulling it from the oceans, desalinating it, and drinking it. But what to do with the salty bri... Read more
“Our surfaces improved heat transfer up to 71 percent” New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems. The condensation of... Read more
SINGAPORE’S average annual rainfall is more than double that of notoriously soggy Britain, so the casual observer might be surprised to learn that the place has a shortage of drinking water.... Read more
Nuclear desalination uses the excess heat from a nuclear power plant to evaporate sea water and to condense the pure water. Writing in the appropriately namedInternational Journal of Nuclear... Read more
When it comes to desalinating salt water, two of the main options are thermal distillation and reverse osmosis. Thermal distillation involves boiling the water and collecting the resulting f... Read more
A process that cleans wastewater and generates electricity can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater. Read more
Image via Wikipedia Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have unveiled a new class of reverse-osmosis membranes for desalination that resist the... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A new approach to desalination being developed by researchers at MIT and in Korea could lead to small, portable desalination units that could be powered by solar cells or... Read more