An integrated framework for sustainability assessment of seawater desalination

Ibrahim, Yazan; Arafat, Hassan A.; Mezher, Toufic; AlMarzooqi, Faisal

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2018.08.019

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“…Given that the collective characteristics of desalination effluents can produce negative effects on marine ecosystems if proper mitigation measures are not applied (De-la-Ossa-Carretero et al, 2016b;Del-Pilar-Ruso et al, 2015;Fernández-Torquemada et al, 2013) (Ibrahim et al, 2018). The uncertainty in various countries surrounding the environmental impact of desalination may represent a barrier for desalinated water production (Sola et al, 2019a).…”

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Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

Solà

Fernández‐Torquemada

Forcada

et al. 2020

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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The environmental impact of desalination is the most important concern related to its sustainable development. We present the results of a long-term environmental plan to monitor brine discharge (BD) from a desalination plant located in a high environmental value area in Spain. Generalized additive models were used to analyze the biological parameters of biological communities. Results of 17 years of BD monitoring show how its environmental impact can be minimized through well-planned decision-making between scientists and industry. The brine dilution prior to its discharge into an artificial channel of low ecological value significantly reduced the brine This is a previous version of the article published in

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Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

Solà

Fernández‐Torquemada

Forcada

et al. 2020

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…On the other hand, Shahabi et al (2014) and Heihsel et al (2019) used the LCA to quantify supply/value chain contributions to the overall environmental impact associated with DPs. Due to the socioeconomic implications of desalination, Ibrahim et al (2018) and others have also applied the LCA within the overall sustainability framework (Lior 2017), often using mathematical modeling (Aleisa and Al-Shayji 2018;Antipova et al 2013;Ifaei and Yoo 2019). Another focus area for desalination and LCA was on technologies applied to desalinate seawater intake from the Arabian Gulf (Al-Kaabi and Mackey 2019; Al-Shayji and Aleisa 2018; Aleisa and Al-Shayji 2018;Alhaj and Al-Ghamdi 2019;Jijakli et al 2012;Mannan et al 2019).…”

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Leveraging life cycle assessment and simplex lattice design in optimizing fossil fuel blends for sustainable desalination

Aleisa

Heijungs

2020

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…Seawater desalination is one of the feasible options to alleviate this burden . Currently, reverse osmosis (RO) technology is dominating the market of seawater desalination due to its minimal environmental footprint and energy consumption when compared to other desalination technologies . The use of RO desalination technology is continuously growing and expected to share over 65% of the total desalination capacity worldwide .…”

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Surface modification of anti‐fouling novel cellulose/graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets (NS) microfiltration membranes for seawater desalination applications

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Banat

Yousef

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BACKGROUND Reverse osmosis (RO) is becoming the predominant technology for the future of desalinated of seawater. Nonetheless, operational challenges such as membrane biofouling in RO desalination plants result in membrane deterioration and high energy costs. In this regard, pre‐treatment technologies, such as microfiltration (MF) membranes, are proven to reduce the impact of membrane biofouling in RO systems. Hence, surface modifications of commercial cellulose MF membranes with graphene oxide nanosheets (GONSs) at different concentrations were carried out in this research study. The new membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Raman spectroscopy amongst other methods of analysis. A continuous cross‐flow MF system was used to investigate the performance of the new cellulose/GONS membranes with regards to total bacteria count (TBC) removal, water flux, and biofouling resistance. RESULTS TBC removal efficiency of 93.6 ± 2.4% and 27.4 ± 12.5% was achieved using the new cellulose/GONS membranes and control pristine cellulose membranes, respectively. This higher removal efficiency was achieved at a water flux of 334.7 ± 10.4 L/(m2 h). Furthermore, a dramatic 55% increase in the transmembrane pressure (TMP) of the pristine cellulose membrane was observed after 24 h operation compared to only a 6% increase in the newly fabricated cellulose/GONS membranes, reflecting their strong anti‐fouling properties. CONCLUSION Surface modification of MF membranes with anti‐fouling nanomaterials such as GONS has the potential to be implemented in the pretreatment of seawater to improve the RO performance and lower the energy consumption. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

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An integrated framework for sustainability assessment of seawater desalination

Cited by 34 publications

References 66 publications

Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

Leveraging life cycle assessment and simplex lattice design in optimizing fossil fuel blends for sustainable desalination

Surface modification of anti‐fouling novel cellulose/graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets (NS) microfiltration membranes for seawater desalination applications

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