Abstract:Much of the earth’s water has a salt content that
is too
high for human consumption or agricultural use. Enhanced oil recovery
operations generate massive volumes of produced water waste with a
high mineral content that can substantially exacerbate water distress.
Current deionization techniques such as reverse osmosis function by
removing the water (majority phase) from the salt (minority phase)
and are thus exceedingly energy-intensive. Furthermore, these methods
are limited in their ability to selectively e… Show more
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