Desalination
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Desalination is the artificial process by which salt water is converted to fresh water. More generally, desalination is the removal of salts and minerals from a substance. It is possible to desalinate
A reverse osmosis desalination plant in Barcelona, Spain
The Shevchenko BN-350, a former nuclear-heated desalination unit in Kazakhstan
Mangrove leaf with salt crystals
Multi-stage flash distillation is a water desalination process that distills sea water by flashing a portion of the water into steam in multiple stages of what are essentially countercurrent heat exch
Desalination
…has advantages and disadvantages, but all are useful. The methods can be divided into membrane-based (e.g., reverse osmosis) and thermal-based (e.g., multi-stage flash distillation) methods. The traditional process of desalination is distillation, i.e., boiling and re-condensing seawater to leave salt and impurities behind. There…
The MSF Desalination Plant at Jebel Ali G Station, Dubai