**Preface XIII**


Chapter 16 **Desalination of Water 333**

**Bubble Column 349**

**Desorption Studies 385**

**Treatment 369**

Manish Thimmaraju, Divya Sreepada, Gummadi Sridhar Babu, Bharath Kumar Dasari, Sai Kiran Velpula and Nagaraju Vallepu

Contents **VII**

**Heavy Metal Removal Using a Novel Plant-Based Biosorbent Banana Floret: Kinetic, Equilibrium, Thermodynamics and**

Chapter 17 **Experimental Study of Standard Aeration Efficiency in a**

Jesús Epalza, Jhoan Jaramillo and Oscar Guarín

Chapter 19 **Artificial Neural Network-Genetic Algorithm Prediction of**

Clint Sutherland, Abeni Marcano and Beverly Chittoo

Florentina Bunea and Gabriel Dan Ciocan

Chapter 18 **Extraction and Use of Plant Biopolymers for Water**


Chapter 16 **Desalination of Water 333** Manish Thimmaraju, Divya Sreepada, Gummadi Sridhar Babu, Bharath Kumar Dasari, Sai Kiran Velpula and Nagaraju Vallepu

Chapter 7 **Solar Desalination 127**

**VI** Contents

Bao The Nguyen

**at Massawa 177** Cliff Dansoh

**Section 3 Membrane Applications 199**

Chang Hwa Woo

**Treatment 221**

**Section 4 Water Treatment Applications 269**

Magdi Osman Ali Hamed

**Monitoring 293**

Fadi Alnaimat, James Klausner and Bobby Mathew

Chapter 8 **Factors Affecting the Yield of Solar Distillation Systems and Measures to Improve Productivities 151**

Chapter 9 **The Use of Renewable Energy for the Provision of Power to Operate Reverse Osmosis Desalination Facilities**

Chapter 10 **Research Trend of Membranes for Water Treatment by Analysis**

Saad Alami Younssi, Majda Breida and Brahim Achiou

Chapter 12 **Development, Characterization, and Applications of Capsaicin Composite Nanofiltration Membranes 255**

Sánchez-Duarte and Gustavo Adolfo Fimbres-Weihs

Chapter 13 **Automatic Control Technologies to Enhance Water 271**

Chapter 14 **A Survey of Deep Learning Methods for WTP Control and**

Bouchra Lamrini and El-Khadir Lakhal

Maxim Oshchepkov and Konstantin Popov

Chapter 15 **Fluorescent Markers in Water Treatment 311**

Jesús Álvarez-Sánchez, Griselda Evelia Romero-López, Sergio Pérez-Sicairos, German Eduardo Devora-Isiordia, Reyna Guadalupe

**of Patents and Papers' Publications 201**

Chapter 11 **Alumina Membranes for Desalination and Water**


Clint Sutherland, Abeni Marcano and Beverly Chittoo

Preface

The need for fresh water is increasing with the rapid growth of the world's population. In countries and regions with available water resources, it is necessary to ensure the health and safety of the water supply. However, in countries and regions with limited freshwater re‐ sources, priority is given to water supply plans and projects, among which the desalination strategy stands out. In the desalination process, membrane and thermal processes are used to obtain fresh water from salty water, which is in abundant amounts in the sea. High ener‐ gy requirement, brine (concentrate) disposal and greenhouse gas emissions are still the main challenges for desalination. Therefore, it is necessary to combine renewable energy sources with desalination facilities and to develop concentrate management. This book will outline valuable scientific contributions to the new desalination and water treatment technologies to

This book consists of four sections. In the first section, some case studies related to the desalina‐ tion processes used for various purposes are included. In the second section, studies using renewable energy in desalination systems are discussed. In the third section, research utilizing membranes in different characteristics is presented and in the last section, research on current technologies used in water treatment applications and water treatment facilities is stated.

**Asst. Prof. Murat Eyvaz and Prof. Ebubekir Yüksel**

Department of Environmental Engineering

Gebze Technical University

Turkey

obtain high quality water with low negative environmental impacts and cost.
