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Record Nr.

UNINA9910347056803321

Autore

Höpfner Johannes

Titolo

A new method of seawater desalination via acrylic acid based hydrogels: Synthesis, characterisation, and experimental realisation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

KIT Scientific Publishing, 2014

ISBN

1000037415

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 290 p. p.)

Soggetti

Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

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.