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Advances in Desalination Technologies


Description: This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Advances in Desalination Technologies provides an overview of developments of membrane separation and thermal separation technologies in the environmental industry, along with key drivers, influencing market factors, challenges, and analysis of trends witnessed in the industry.

The following technologies are covered in this research:

- Membranes technologies
- Thermal technologies

Technology Overview

Growing Demand for Clean Water Likely to Influence Research on Desalination Technologies

Desalination refers to any of the several processes that remove excess salt and other harmful minerals from water in order to obtain pure water. This treated water obtained from seawater or brackish water could be reused for irrigation and if the quality of water is high, it could even be used for drinking purposes. "In wastewater treatment, the treated water can be reused for industrial process such as cooling water, boiler feed, process water, and heavy construction," according to the analyst of the study. "There are various technologies that could be used for desalination such as thermal process (distillation and multistage flash), membranes process, freezing, geothermal, and others."

With the increase in population, it has become mandatory to treat water and wastewater to obtain pure water. The soaring need for clean water is the driving factor for advances in desalination technologies to purify water and wastewater. The pace of advancements in desalination of water and wastewater has been high in the last five years and the scientific community is still researching various methods to improve existing desalination techniques.

Advances in Related Technologies Likely to Positively Impact Market Potential

Due to the significant advancements in membrane and thermal technologies, the unit price of treated water has reduced by approximately 50 percent or more. However, the pace of advancement of membrane separation slowed down when the Tampa Bay desalination project in Florida failed to perform well – mainly due to inefficient pretreatment facilities. Despite this, there have been many advances in pre-filtration and improvements in membrane design, with respect to increasing the surface area, productivity, lowering of cost, and the adoption of nano-particles in these membranes.

Researchers at Fairleigh Dickinson University have undertaken a study on increasing 8 in-membranes to 16 in-membranes in order to increase the area of the membrane for better water reuse and desalination. In addition, a major membrane manufacturer is looking at ways to improve membrane performance by looking at alternative approaches to membrane design, configuration and elements. "These advancements are likely to continue and there could possibly be significant cost reductions and stability in terms of technology by 2015," explains the analyst. "Additionally, the increase in the number of desalination units in various parts of the world by 2015 is also likely to contribute in terms of achieving technological stability."


Contents: 1. Executive Summary
-1. Overview
--1. Scope of the Research
--2. Research Methodology
-2. Technology Snapshot
--1. Key Emerging Technologies
--2. Key Application Highlights

2. Technology and Application Viewpoint
-1. Current Scenario
--1. Technology Primer
--2. Technology Adoption Rate
--3. Current Challenges of Desalination Technologies
-2. Application Viewpoint
--1. Industrial Applications
--2. Irrigational Applications
--3. Ground Water Recharge Applications
--4. Recreational Applications
--5. Other Applications

3. Development and Applications of Desalination Technologies
-1. Research Sector
--1. Nanotech Membrane to Cut Down RO Cost--USA
--2. Better Way for Desalination--USA
--3. Polymers to Handle Heavy Metals--USA
--4. A Novel 16 Inch RO System for Water Reuse and Desalination --Singapore
--5. Desalination Modeling--Oman
--6. Integrated Systems for Desalination--Italy
--7. Renewable Energy Sources (RES) for Desalination--Greece
-2. Corporate Sector
--1. Developments in Existing Membrane and Element Technology--USA
--2. Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR) and Tertiary Treatment Technologies--USA
--3. Media for Prefiltration--USA
--4. Thin Film Composite Membranes--A Setting Trend--USA
--5. High Performance MED Plants--Israel
--6. Advances in RO Pretreatment Techniques--USA
--7. Membrane Improvement--Singapore
--8. Desalination Technologies Coupled with Wind Energy--USA
--9. The California Perspective on Water and Energy--USA

4. Technology Impact Analysis
-1. Technology and Costing Trends
--1. Trends in Desalination Cost
--2. Multi-Stage Flash (MSF)
--3. Multi-Effect Distillation
--4. Reverse Osmosis
-2. Technology Analysis
--1. Desalination versus Conventional Technologies
--2. Membrane Separation versus Thermal Separation
--3. Technology Road Map and Trends
--4. Possible Impact of Desalination Technologies on the Environment
--5. Impact of Environmental Regulations for Discharging Desalination Brine to the Sea
--6. Cost Impact Analysis
-3. Geographical Analysis
--1. The United States
--2. EMEA
--3. Asia Pacific

5. Key Patents and Contacts
-1. Patents
--1. Granted Patents
--2. Filed Patents
-2. Contacts
--1. Corporate Contacts
--2. Research Institutions

6. Decision Support Database
-1. Database Tables
--1. Freshwater Withdrawals--Per Capita--World (1999 to 2006)
--2. Water Consumption--Per Capita--World (1999 to 2006)
--3. Domestic Water Consumption--Percentage--World (1999 to 2006)
--4. Industrial Water Consumption--Percentage--World (1999 to 2006)
--5. Agricultural water Consumption--Percentage--World (1999 to 2006)
--6. Wastewater Expenditure--Percentage--World (1999 to 2006)




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