Fundamental chemistry and engineering aspects of post-treatment processes for desalinated water—A review

Kinetics of dolomite dissolution in a packed bed by acidified desalinated water

“…Re-mineralization of desalinated water by dolomite dissolution has been considered but discarded on the basis of slow dissolution kinetics and high treatment costs [2,3]. The most likely reason for the neglect of dolomite re-mineralization is the lack of adequate technical information and in particular, design data.…”

Health effects of desalinated water: Role of electrolyte disturbance in cancer development

“…Dysregulation of water and electrolyte homeostasis after ingestion of demineralized water Since pure desalinated water has unsavory and undesirable attributes that can affect the water distribution system, effort is generally made to stabilize and reduce its corrosivity using lime or limestone and/or some blending with groundwater (WHO, 2005(WHO, , 2011bBirnhack et al, 2011). The post-treatment processes often result in products with varying chemical characteristics and it is remarkable that currently there are few regulatory guidelines specific to the quality of desalinated water that gets to the consumer's tap (WHO, 2005).…”

Performances Analysis of the Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant of Brackish Water Used for Irrigation: Case Study

“…The water undergoes a single sand filtration, in order to remove the solid particles and to protect the RO membranes from breakthrough particles. -In the last step, a filtration with a cartridge filter is used for pretreatment sequence to remove particles larger than 5µm [22].…”