Advanced Technology for Desalination and Water Purification
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2024) | Viewed by 24521
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Interests: quantum optics; desalination; water purification; fluid mechanics
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Interests: magnetohydrodynamics; turbulence; nanofluids; convective heat transfer; biological flows
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The climate change that has been intensely observed in recent years has brought about a shortage of drinking water in many parts of the world. This phenomenon is very pronounced in the Mediterranean countries, which in the coming decades will be faced even with desertification according to experts. A solution for the water supply and irrigation of these areas is desalination, that is, the purification of seawater and brackish water from the ions of sodium and chlorine.
At the same time, due to industrial pollution, there is increasing pollution of groundwater, surface and wastewater from industries with heavy metal ions.
It is therefore vital for the continuation of life on Earth to develop methods of removing ions from aqueous solutions. In recent decades, methods have been developed that provide solutions but at a remarkable cost.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to present and summarize publications that propose alternative innovative low-cost methods of ion removal from seawater, industrial wastewaters, and surface water and groundwater, not necessarily large-scale, which may be useful to small groups or individuals in creating clean water.
Dr. Vasileios Bartzis
Prof. Dr. Ioannis Sarris
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electric field
- ion drift
- desalination
- water purification
- heavy metals
- low cost purification
- ecosystem services
- water quality
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