Desalination Sustainability

In Desalination Sustainability, a technical, socioeconomical and environmental approach guides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process, using thermodynamics-based tools. It offers the technical reader, an understanding of the issues related to desalination sustainability. For example, technology users such as public utility managers would gain ability and tools to assess when desalination is a good choice for a city or a country and when it is not. The book provides a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple but effective tools such as levelized cost of water (LCOW) calculation: an easy roadmap for decision makers to make a preliminary assessment of whether renewable-powered desalination is a good choice for their particular setting. Presents the issues related to desalination sustainabilityGuides researchers and technology developers on how to quantify the energy efficiency of a proposed desalination process, using thermodynamics-based toolsOutlines a clear and practical methodology on how to probe the economic feasibility of desalination using simple but effective tools such as levelized cost of water (LCOW) calculationPresents a roadmap for decision makers on the applicability of a desalination process at a particular setting