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Desalinization
Three quarters of the earth is covered with water, but you can’t drink it. Turning salt water into fresh water for drinking and for watering crops is vital for the future of the human race. Questions about desalinization (or desalination) are answered here.
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Why Middle-eastern countries commonly use distillation to purify water from the sea in desalination plants?
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What is one advantage freezing as a means of desalination has over other processes?
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What are the advantages is using desalination?
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The advantages of desalination is that you are not going to run out of water if you are using a water source like the ocean.
What do ships do to make salt water into fresh water?
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They have desalination equipment. Desalination can be done in several ways -- distillation, reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and others.
I'm not sure if it still is but not long ago ships used multiple stage flash distilling units. Seawater is heated to about 170 degrees F and sprayed into a chamber that's at a vacuum. Some of the water flashes into vapor and is collected as distilled water, the remaining, now saltier, water is pumped to the next stage and the process repeated.
How is desalination viewed by members of society?
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well people agree and people dont
What are the areas of science involved in desalination?
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engineeringbiology
earth science
environmental science
chemistry
Why is building a desalination plant costly?
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It is due to the amount of energy needed to run a desalination plant, as well as the fines that have to be paid due to the amount of air pollution a desalination plant gives out.
How much does it cost to build and run a Desalination Plant per year?
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$ 1 per cubic meter
