Desware Contents | Sample Chapters
The history of Science and technology
Desalination in Antiquity
The Middle ages & Spread of Islam
The age of discovery and exploration
The age of science and reason
The influence of the Industrial Revolution
From 1900 until World War II
From 1940 until the Mid 1950's
The Beginnings of Large-scale Use of Desalination
Epilogue
Distillation
Electrodialysis
Reverse Osmosis
Other methods
Milestones in Desalination Technology
Specification of Key Desalination Plants
History of distillation by boiling
History of Flash distillation
Multi-stage Flash distillation
The importance of desalination and the contribution of MSF distillation
The need for desalination
Energy requirements for distillation
Distillation Flow sheets
Temperature range of distillation process
Types of MSF construction
Summing up general MSF Advances
Research and Development
Vapor Compression
Developments of MEB distillation
Water needs and availability in India
Historical developments of R&D on desalination in India
Current status
Thermal desalination
Reverse osmosis desalination
Desalination/water reuse strategies
Nuclear desalination
Water and Life
Water on our Plane
Meeting the Challenges of Fresh Water Scarcity
Small Scale Desalination
Industrial Processes for Desalination
The Issue of Effluents from Desalination Systems
Energy and Water Critical Life Support Systems
Sustainable Development
Renewable Energy Base of the World- Solar Thermal Power and Solar Desalination
Industrial Ecology
Knowledge Resources for Capacity Building
Encyclopedia of Desalination and Water Resources (DESWARE)
Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)
Review of the Recent History and the Current Situation
Trend Analysis for the Years (1970-2050)
Energy and Water: Critical Life Support Systems
Desalination Technology: A Supplement Solution
New Water Storage Paradigm
Discussion: Challenges and Solutions
Other Considerations
Large MSF Desalination Plants in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Large Scale Seawater Desalination in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Performance of the plants
Measurement and control
Modeling, simulation optimization and advanced automation
Process aspects
Design aspects (including automation)
Material aspects and selection
Cost aspects
Environmental aspects
The proposed plant
Summary and Recommendations
Potable Water Supply
Urban Water Use
Wastewater Impact
The Ancient World
Medieval Europe
The High Renaissance
The Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth Century
The Future
Liquid Water on Planet Earth
Availability of Fresh Water
Water Use and the Environment
Topics on Fresh Surface Water
Groundwater Recharge
Hydrogeological Domains
Groundwater resources understanding
Current and future groundwater supplies
The Terrestrial Hydrological Cycle
The Global Hydrological Cycle
Freshwater: Our Joint Lifeblood
Man and the Water Cycle
The Water Scarcity Syndrome
Overcoming the Sectorization Scourge
Challenge for the Future: Handling Complexity
Global and Regional Freshwater Resources
Emerging Global Patterns in the Provision of High Quality Water
Global Awareness of the Challenges of Providing High Quality Water
The Role of Global Governance Agencies in the Provision of High Quality Water
Increased Private Sector Involvement in the Provision of High Quality Water
The Role of Selected Global Social Movements
The Development and Expansion of International Law
Global Water Values
Water and International Security
The Use of Internet and Technology
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
Demographics, Water Availability and Demand
Importance of Water
Water Pollution and its Effects
Principles of Solar Distillation: A State-of-the-Art
Classification of Solar Distillation Systems
Heat and Mass Transfer in Solar Distillation
Performance of Solar Still
Overview of Membrane Technology
Comparison of Organic Removal by MF, UF, NF and RO
