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Development Of A Thermal Desalination System Using Low Quality Thermal Energy, Takudzwa C. Chipunza
Development Of A Thermal Desalination System Using Low Quality Thermal Energy, Takudzwa C. Chipunza
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Development of a Thermal Desalination System Using Low Quality Thermal Energy
Takudzwa Chipunza
The blowdown water from the cooling tower of the power plant and the produced water from shale gas industry cannot be disposed directly to the environment as they may contain dissolved solids that are harmful to the environment. A detailed physical and chemical process to remove the mineral and organic solids has been developed in West Virginia University. Such a process includes running the blowdown and produced water through a softening tank, activated carbon tank, and a reverse osmosis (RO) system. The RO reject contains a …