A New Method of Seawater Desalination via Acrylic Acid Based Hydrogels: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Experimental Realisation

By Johannes H�pfner

The scarcity of potable water is a great challenge. It may be resolved by the desalination of seawater. In this work, the possibilities of a new desalination technique using polymeric hydrogels as a separation medium for water and salt is explored. The bound charges in such a polymeric network prevent salt from entering it - under pressure the desalinated water is released from the gel. It is demonstrated that the method is viable and the influence of various process parameters investigated.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013282485
• ISBN13: 9781013282485
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"