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Fresh water from saline waters : the political, social, engineering, and economic aspects of desalination /

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Fresh Water from Saline Waters.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sporn, Philip
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, [1966]
Edition:[1st ed.].
Series:Commonwealth and international library.
Subjects:
Saline water conversion.
Eau salée > Dessalement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
Saline water conversion
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Fresh Water from Saline Waters: The Political, Social, Engineering and Economic Aspects of Desalination; Copyright Page; Foreword; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1. Fresh Water from Saline Waters; INTRODUCTION; U.S. WATER SUPPLY AND ITS USES; SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF DESALINATION; HISTORY OF DESALINATION; THE TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES; MULTI-STAGE FLASH DISTILLATION; PRINCIPLES OF COMBINING; THE THERMODYNAMIC BASIS FOR INTEGRATED OPERATION; ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR POWER IN POWER AND DISTILLATION; CONCLUSION; Appendix.