Fundamental chemistry and engineering aspects of post-treatment processes for desalinated water-A review

Liat Birnhack; Nikolay Voutchkov; Ori Lahav

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2010.11.011

Fundamental chemistry and engineering aspects of post-treatment processes for desalinated water-A review

Liat Birnhack
, Nikolay Voutchkov
, Ori Lahav

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The quality with which water is released from desalination plants is continuously increasing. Since desalination permeates are slightly acidic, contain very low buffering capacity and are very soft, post-treatment is always required. This paper reviews the knowledge accumulated in the last decades on desalination post-treatment processes. It covers fundamental chemistry aspects, required water quality criteria, advantages and disadvantages of currently applied processes, engineering and cost considerations, recent full-scale project experience and up-to-date research trends.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-22
Number of pages	17
Journal	Desalination
Volume	273
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2010.11.011
State	Published - 1 Jun 2011

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Keywords

Calcite dissolution
Desalination
Dolomite dissolution
Ion exchange
Post-treatment
Review

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science
Water Science and Technology
Mechanical Engineering

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Fundamental chemistry and engineering aspects of post-treatment processes for desalinated water-A review

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