Reverse osmosis （RO） is proved to be the most reliable, cost effective, and energy efficient in producing fresh water compared to other desalination technologies. It is the fastest-growing desalination technology wi...Reverse osmosis （RO） is proved to be the most reliable, cost effective, and energy efficient in producing fresh water compared to other desalination technologies. It is the fastest-growing desalination technology with a greater number of installations around the world. The economic and technical performance of a medium-capacity RO desalination plant （2,000 m^3/day） proposed to be installed in Umm Qasr city south of Basra, Iraq is analyzed using DEEP-3.2 software created by the International Atomic Energy Agency （IAEA）. This port city is located on the Gulf shore and does not have any fresh water resources. The analysis shows that the cost of fresh water produced by this plant is US$0.986/m^3 with a good quality of fresh water （279 ppm）, which is a reasonable price for this remote area. The analysis also shows an increase in water production cost of about 12% at increased electricity price from 0.06 to 0.1 US$/kWh, 53% when the seawater salinity increased from 35,000 to 45,000 ppm, 2.5% when the seawater temperature decreased from 33 ℃ to 20 ℃, and 0.71% when the interest rate increased from 0% to 5%. Pumping fresh water from the Basra purification plant （located 175 km north of Umm Qasr） is 22.16 times the cost and 236.7% poorer quality than the fresh water produced by the RO plant.展开更多
[ Objective] The aim was to find optimum reaction conditions for synthetic process of Vitamin C. [ Method] Vitamin C sodium was used as raw material to prepare vitamin C through acidification, separation, desalination...[ Objective] The aim was to find optimum reaction conditions for synthetic process of Vitamin C. [ Method] Vitamin C sodium was used as raw material to prepare vitamin C through acidification, separation, desalination, recovery and purification. The impact of reaction time, tempera-ture, feedstock molar ratio and water content on the yield of vitamin C were investigated in the experiment. [Result] The optimum reaction condi- tions for synthetic process of Vitamin C were as follows： in the acidification test, reaction time 120 min, temperature 20 -30 ℃, the molar ratio be-tween hydrochloric acid and Vitamin C sodium 1 ： 1 and water content 41.0%. Under the above condition, the purity and yield of vitamin C reach 99.80% and 94.74% respectively. [Conclusion] The process can decrease consumption, enhance quality and recover of the product, improve the environmental pollution, shorten processing periods and reduce production cost. Thus, the process is suitable for industrialization. Key words Vitamin C; Vitamin C sodium; Acidification; China展开更多
This article classifies the seawater desalination technology into four types of hot method, membrane method, electric field method and solvent method. Electric field method and solvent method still remain experimental...This article classifies the seawater desalination technology into four types of hot method, membrane method, electric field method and solvent method. Electric field method and solvent method still remain experimental stage, while hot method and membrane method have been realized in commercialization but are difficult to be promoted. The problem lies in high water-producing cost. It is difficult for membrane method seawater desalination technology to reduce the water-producing cost. The heat utilization efficiency is not high for the current hot method seawater desalination technology and there is large amount of heat lost with the emission of concentrated seawater. The new hot method seawater desalination technology and new solar-powered seawater desalination technology can divide the seawater into fresh water and solid salt without any emission of concentrated seawater so that the heat utilization efficiency can reach theoretical limit to multiply reduce the water-producing cost. They will become the mainstream technology for seawater desalination and can totally eliminate the global water crisis.展开更多
文摘Reverse osmosis （RO） is proved to be the most reliable, cost effective, and energy efficient in producing fresh water compared to other desalination technologies. It is the fastest-growing desalination technology with a greater number of installations around the world. The economic and technical performance of a medium-capacity RO desalination plant （2,000 m^3/day） proposed to be installed in Umm Qasr city south of Basra, Iraq is analyzed using DEEP-3.2 software created by the International Atomic Energy Agency （IAEA）. This port city is located on the Gulf shore and does not have any fresh water resources. The analysis shows that the cost of fresh water produced by this plant is US$0.986/m^3 with a good quality of fresh water （279 ppm）, which is a reasonable price for this remote area. The analysis also shows an increase in water production cost of about 12% at increased electricity price from 0.06 to 0.1 US$/kWh, 53% when the seawater salinity increased from 35,000 to 45,000 ppm, 2.5% when the seawater temperature decreased from 33 ℃ to 20 ℃, and 0.71% when the interest rate increased from 0% to 5%. Pumping fresh water from the Basra purification plant （located 175 km north of Umm Qasr） is 22.16 times the cost and 236.7% poorer quality than the fresh water produced by the RO plant.
文摘[ Objective] The aim was to find optimum reaction conditions for synthetic process of Vitamin C. [ Method] Vitamin C sodium was used as raw material to prepare vitamin C through acidification, separation, desalination, recovery and purification. The impact of reaction time, tempera-ture, feedstock molar ratio and water content on the yield of vitamin C were investigated in the experiment. [Result] The optimum reaction condi- tions for synthetic process of Vitamin C were as follows： in the acidification test, reaction time 120 min, temperature 20 -30 ℃, the molar ratio be-tween hydrochloric acid and Vitamin C sodium 1 ： 1 and water content 41.0%. Under the above condition, the purity and yield of vitamin C reach 99.80% and 94.74% respectively. [Conclusion] The process can decrease consumption, enhance quality and recover of the product, improve the environmental pollution, shorten processing periods and reduce production cost. Thus, the process is suitable for industrialization. Key words Vitamin C; Vitamin C sodium; Acidification; China
文摘This article classifies the seawater desalination technology into four types of hot method, membrane method, electric field method and solvent method. Electric field method and solvent method still remain experimental stage, while hot method and membrane method have been realized in commercialization but are difficult to be promoted. The problem lies in high water-producing cost. It is difficult for membrane method seawater desalination technology to reduce the water-producing cost. The heat utilization efficiency is not high for the current hot method seawater desalination technology and there is large amount of heat lost with the emission of concentrated seawater. The new hot method seawater desalination technology and new solar-powered seawater desalination technology can divide the seawater into fresh water and solid salt without any emission of concentrated seawater so that the heat utilization efficiency can reach theoretical limit to multiply reduce the water-producing cost. They will become the mainstream technology for seawater desalination and can totally eliminate the global water crisis.
