Low-temperature Thermal Desalination Technology
26-08-2023
11:09 AM
1 min read
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Overview:
The Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) is working on making an ongoing initiative of providing potable water in six islands of Lakshadweep using a Low-Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology process free of emissions.
About Low-temperature thermal desalination Technology:
- The LTTD is a process under which the warm surface seawater is flash evaporated at low pressure and the vapour is condensed with cold deep seawater.
- The LTTD technology does not require any chemical pre and post-treatment of seawater and thus the pollution problems are minimal and suitable for island territories.
- This technique works on the principle that water in the ocean 1,000 or 2,000 feet below is about 4º C to 8º C colder than surface water. So, salty surface water is collected in a tank and subject to high pressure (via an external power source).
- The pressured water vapourises and is trapped in tubes or a chamber. Cold water plumbed from the ocean depths is passed over these tubes and the vapour condenses into fresh water and the resulting salt is diverted away.
- Currently, the desalination plants, each of which provides at least 100,000 litres of potable water every day, are powered by diesel generator sets — there being no other source of power in the islands.
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Q1) What is Salinization?
Salinization is an accumulation of salts in the soil and on the surface of the soil. Salts enter the soil through irrigation; they originate either from geological layers, from groundwater or from man-made influences, such as fertilizers.