The CEA/BARC collaboration on the use of nuclear reactors for desalination
by Saied Dardour, P.K. Tewari
International Journal of Nuclear Desalination (IJND), Vol. 4, No. 3, 2011

Abstract: This paper presents the collaboration between the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, CEA) and the Indian Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on the use of nuclear reactors for desalination. The joint R&D effort aims at developing optimised nuclear desalination systems, producing large amounts of desalted water at the lowest cost and in a sustainable manner. It focuses on two areas: (a) development and validation of process models for thermal and membrane-based desalination plants; and (b) extraction of valuable materials from the concentrated brine rejected by water plants. The results achieved during phase I of the collaboration include the development, implementation and partial validation of models describing the behaviour of multi-effect evaporators (MEE) equipped with a mechanical vapour compression device (MVC), the assessment of the influence of the feed water properties on the performance of the reverse osmosis (RO) process and the identification of methods and protocols for the extraction of valuable materials from brine reject. This effort will continue during phase II of the project with a particular emphasis on model extension, validation and application.

Online publication date: Sat, 14-Feb-2015

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Nuclear Desalination (IJND):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com