desalting
Extracting ocean minerals
Desalting is the removal of salt, especially from seawater to make it drinkable or from crude oil before refining.
Desalination plants desalt ocean water for arid regions: The city relies on desalting for its water supply.
In petroleum processing, desalting removes corrosive salts that would damage equipment.
Preparatory processing step
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
coagulation · flocculation · sedimentation · clarification · intake · energy recovery
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- freeze-thawIce forming and melting repeatedly
- adsorptionAccumulation on a surface
Water saturated with sodium
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- brackishMildly salty water
- chlorideNegatively charged halogen atom
- sodiumEleventh element, highly reactive
tidal · estuary · marine · hypertonic · coastal · offshore · intake pipe · outfall
Safe for ingestion
- drinking waterSafe liquid for consumption
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
agricultural use · industrial supply · water security · drought relief · arid regions · water scarcity · hydration
Saltwater biological communities
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- energy consumptionRate of power use
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- entrainmentRhythmic systems aligning naturally
pretreatment
Preparatory processing step
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
- distillationPurification via vaporization
crystallization · coagulation · flocculation · sedimentation · clarification · intake · energy recovery
reverse osmosis
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- freeze-thawIce forming and melting repeatedly
- adsorptionAccumulation on a surface
brine
Water saturated with sodium
sodium · tidal · estuary · marine · hypertonic · coastal · offshore · intake pipe · outfall
potable
Safe for ingestion
- drinking waterSafe liquid for consumption
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
irrigation · agricultural use · industrial supply · water security · drought relief · arid regions · water scarcity · hydration
marine ecosystems
Saltwater biological communities
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- energy consumptionRate of power use
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
entrainment · coastal wetlands · sustainability · mitigation
- chromatographychromatography, chromatogram, TLC, SEC, columns
- desalinationreverse osmosis, solar still, concentrate, permeate, pre-treatment
- Molecular Biologyreplication, transcription, translation, gene expression, gene regulation
desaltingsalting
Applying sodium chloride
salination · salinization · brining · mineralization · remineralization
desaltingcontamination
Introduction of impurities
pollution · fouling · adulterating · tainting
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