Manual on Water Desalination: Technology, Chaps. 5-7
PART TWO OF VOLUME 1 (WHICH COVERS DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY) DESCRIBES TYPICAL DESALINATION PLANTS USING DISTILLATION, FREEZING, VACUUM FREEZING, AND MEMBRANE OSMOSIS PROCESSES. IT DISCUSSES THE FEASIBILITY OF COMBINING DESALINATION PLANTS WITH ELECTRIC POWER OR OF COMBINING DESALINATION WITH THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL BY-PRODUCTS. IT PRESENTS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDIES FOR A DUAL PURPOSE PLANT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.