About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Desalination, Filter paper, Dust collector, Activated carbon, Fouling, Reverse osmosis, Respirator, Diesel particulate filter, History of water filters, Cleanroom, Electrostatic precipitator, HEPA, Oil filter, Air filter, Cigarette filter, Cloth filter, Extractor hood, Hydrocyclone, Sheath current filter, Molecular sieve, Spiral separator, Coffee filter, Carbon filtering, Semipermeable membrane, Nanofiltration, Fram, Agitated Nutsche Filter, Dialysis tubing, Activated alumina, Filter press, Fuel filter, Thin film composite membrane, Mesh, Pneumatic filter, Belt filter, K&N Engineering, Inc., Clean Air Delivery Rate, Pop filter, Stainless steel strainer, Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, Chamberland filter, Pocket filter, Sintered polyethylene, Screen filter, Sand separator, ULPA, Colander, FED-STD-209E, Filter cake, Non-Filter, Nucleopore filter, Impingement filter, Oil bath, Restricted-access barrier system, Air shower, Depth filter, HEGA, Air-to-cloth ratio, Mated colander pot, Disk filter. Excerpt: Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from water. More generally, desalination may also refer to the removal of salts and minerals, as in soil desalination. Water is desalinated in order to convert salt water to fresh water so it is suitable for human consumption or irrigation. Sometimes the process produces table salt as a by-product. Desalination is used on many seagoing ships and submarines. Most of the modern interest in desalination is focused on developing cost-effective ways of providing fresh water for human use in regions where the availability of fresh water is, or is becoming, limited. Large-scale desalination typically uses extremely large amounts of energy as well as specialized, expensive infrastructure, maki...
