Adsorption desalination : an emerging low-cost thermal desalination method

• Main Authors: Ng, Kim Choon, Thu, Kyaw, Kim, Youngdeuk, Chakraborty, Anutosh, Amy, Gary
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96726; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Desalination, other than the natural water cycle, is hailed as the panacea to alleviate the problems of fresh water shortage in many water stressed countries. However, the main drawback of conventional desalination methods is that they are energy intensive. In many instances, they consumed electrici...