TY - JOUR
T1 - Freezing-melting process and desalination
T2 - Review of present status and future prospects
AU - Rahman, M. Shafiur
AU - Ahmed, Mushtaque
AU - Chen, X. Dong
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The main factors affecting the use of freezing-melting (FM) process are the capital cost and the process complexity. The FM technology was successful when these two factors were compensated by other advantages. The success in food industry was mainly due to its ability of producing high-quality products compared to the available thermal technology in the market. In chemical industry it is generally adopted when there are no other alternatives. It would be difficult to utilise the above advantages to adopt FM process for desalination. Furthermore, misconceptions and negative attitudes also affected the progress of FM process. In desalination, a number of existing technologies are available. The pilot studies in several countries indicated that the hybrid techniques of combining FM process and other desalination methods have high potential for development. The strategies for the commercial success of the FM process in desalination industry are identified in this paper.
AB - The main factors affecting the use of freezing-melting (FM) process are the capital cost and the process complexity. The FM technology was successful when these two factors were compensated by other advantages. The success in food industry was mainly due to its ability of producing high-quality products compared to the available thermal technology in the market. In chemical industry it is generally adopted when there are no other alternatives. It would be difficult to utilise the above advantages to adopt FM process for desalination. Furthermore, misconceptions and negative attitudes also affected the progress of FM process. In desalination, a number of existing technologies are available. The pilot studies in several countries indicated that the hybrid techniques of combining FM process and other desalination methods have high potential for development. The strategies for the commercial success of the FM process in desalination industry are identified in this paper.
KW - Desalination
KW - Direct contact freezing
KW - Eutectic freezing
KW - Freezing-melting process
KW - Indirect contact freezing
KW - Vacuum freezing
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U2 - 10.1504/IJND.2007.013549
DO - 10.1504/IJND.2007.013549
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34547261081
SN - 1476-914X
VL - 2
SP - 253
EP - 264
JO - International Journal of Nuclear Desalination
JF - International Journal of Nuclear Desalination
IS - 3
ER -