Thermal Desalination Technologies

Topic(s)/Agenda(s) • Water resources and desalination in Algeria
• Desalination Market : perspectives
• Distillation processes: an overview
• Single and two effect boiling analysis
• Multi effect boiling MEB analysis, use of feed heaters
• Examples of existing MEB plants
• Multi stage flash MSF analysis and types
• Mechanical vapor compression MVC desalting system
• Thermal vapor compression TVC desalting system
• Multi effect MVC and TVC desalting systems
• Hybrid desalting systems
• Co-generation power- desalting plants using steam turbines
• Co-generation power desalting plants using gas turbines
• Nuclear and renewable energy desalination
• Scaling and corrosion
• Costs
• Impact of desalination
• Membrane processes
• Techno-economical comparison between desalination processes