Novel Materials, Techniques, and Process for Sustainable Treatment of Seawater/Wastewater
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 2001
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water technology; desalination; waste to energy; freshwater production
Interests: desalination; heat Transfer; energy storage; CFD
Interests: solar desalination; photothermal materials for solar steam generation; materials for desalination application
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Treatment of seawater and wastewater has become a technology of paramount importance owing to the increasing level of freshwater scarcity. The prominent techniques adopted for satisfying the freshwater need of humans are thermal- and membrane-based desalination technologies. Several challenges exist in terms of the process and materials adopted for the efficient conversion of seawater/wastewater into freshwater/potable water. The ultimate objective of research on any freshwater production technology is to improve its efficiency through effective heat transfer with minimum loss to the environment. To make the above technologies sustainable, researchers adopt diversified processes and materials to achieve maximum efficiency with an improved conversion rate. This Special Issue will present such research efforts (theoretical, experimental, and simulation) made in terms of process, materials, and other significant techniques to improve the efficiency of the desalination process.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Water Treatment
- Desalination
- Novel Materials for water treatment
- Novel Process for water treatment
- Role of Nano-materials in water treatment
- Performance improvement techniques for efficient water treatment
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ravichandran Santosh
Prof. Dr. Govindaraj Kumaresan
Dr. Thirugnanasambantham Arunkumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water treatment
- desalination
- materials
- freshwater
- potable water
- wastewater
- process enhancement
- thermal based water treatment
- membrane based water treatment
