Brackish water is a widely available, nontraditional water resource that can augment limited freshwater supplies. Although brackish water desalination has been continuously implemented in the United States and worldwide, it is necessary to reduce further its energy consumption, costs, and environmental impacts. This study conducted technoeconomic analyses to evaluate the current desalination and brine management technologies, focusing on the key factors and opportunities for sustainable brackish water desalination for municipal uses. Three case studies were selected as baseline representative of different geographic and operational conditions, including water quality, plant size, pretreatment, desalination, and concentrate management. Here, the technoeconomic analyses and model simulations identified challenges, opportunities, and research priorities to achieve specific pathways for enhanced brackish water desalination regarding levelized costs of water, electricity intensity, water recovery, zero liquid discharge, and brine valorization.
Xu, Xuesong, et al. "Analysis of Brackish Water Desalination for Municipal Uses: Case Studies on Challenges and Opportunities." ACS ES&T Engineering, vol. 2, no. 3, Feb. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00326
Xu, Xuesong, Ness, J. Erik, Miara, Ariel, Sitterley, Kurban A., Talmadge, Michael, O’Neill, Barbara, Coughlin, Katie, Akar, Sertac, Edirisooriya, E. Thiloka, Kurup, Parthiv, Rao, Nalini, Macknick, Jordan, Stokes-Draut, Jennifer R., & Xu, Pei (2022). Analysis of Brackish Water Desalination for Municipal Uses: Case Studies on Challenges and Opportunities. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00326
Xu, Xuesong, Ness, J. Erik, Miara, Ariel, et al., "Analysis of Brackish Water Desalination for Municipal Uses: Case Studies on Challenges and Opportunities," ACS ES&T Engineering 2, no. 3 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.1c00326
@article{osti_1847273,
author = {Xu, Xuesong and Ness, J. Erik and Miara, Ariel and Sitterley, Kurban A. and Talmadge, Michael and O’Neill, Barbara and Coughlin, Katie and Akar, Sertac and Edirisooriya, E. Thiloka and Kurup, Parthiv and others},
title = {Analysis of Brackish Water Desalination for Municipal Uses: Case Studies on Challenges and Opportunities},
annote = {Brackish water is a widely available, nontraditional water resource that can augment limited freshwater supplies. Although brackish water desalination has been continuously implemented in the United States and worldwide, it is necessary to reduce further its energy consumption, costs, and environmental impacts. This study conducted technoeconomic analyses to evaluate the current desalination and brine management technologies, focusing on the key factors and opportunities for sustainable brackish water desalination for municipal uses. Three case studies were selected as baseline representative of different geographic and operational conditions, including water quality, plant size, pretreatment, desalination, and concentrate management. Here, the technoeconomic analyses and model simulations identified challenges, opportunities, and research priorities to achieve specific pathways for enhanced brackish water desalination regarding levelized costs of water, electricity intensity, water recovery, zero liquid discharge, and brine valorization.},
doi = {10.1021/acsestengg.1c00326},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1847273},
journal = {ACS ES&T Engineering},
issn = {ISSN 2690-0645},
number = {3},
volume = {2},
place = {United States},
publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
year = {2022},
month = {02}}
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