Innovative Technologies for Lower Energy Consumption in Desalination and Water Reuse

Dear Colleagues,

As a result of population growth, industrialisation and climate change, the water demand is expted to increase and seawater desalination is accepted as an integerated part of water supply circuit in most of the countries. The future desalination processes not only need to meet economic criteria related to CAPEX and OPEX but also environmental sustainability requirements in terms of CO₂ emissions, brine and chemical rejections. This Special Issue aims to explore the possible practical desalination processes to meet sustainable water supplies in the future to continue the life cycle and to maintain industrial development trend. It will help to bridge the knowledge gap between real industry and the scientific community by showcasing the major challenges faced by current desalination industry and how innovative processes played an important role to resolve seawater and brackish water treatment issues. The target of this Special Issue is to link the industry with experts by sharing their experiences for future sustainable water supplies.

The Special Issue will accept articles presenting improvements in conventional systems, development of innovative technologies, desalination-related environmental remediation and economic analysis.  In addition, the articles on the following topics can also be submitted for possible publication.

• Hybrid desalination processes
• Energy recoveries and energy reduction
• Sustainable /green desalination processes
• Low carbon desalination technologies
• Direct and indirect impact of brine and chemical rejection
• Optimization of processes in terms of pretreatment chemical dosage
• Efficient pretreatment and post-treatment processes
• Innovative desalination processes for environmental remediation
• Renewable energy driven desalination processes
• Integration of desalination processes with water reuse and other possible options
• Stand-alone desalination processes
• Efficient matrials for desalination application
• Life cycle cost assessment
• Thermoeconomic analysis
• Desalination future roadmap
• Zero liquid discharge

Dr. Muhammad Wakil Shahzad
Prof. Robert Field
Guest Editors

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