Template: Desalination

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!style="background:*ccccff"| [[desalination|Water desalination]]
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!style="background:*ccccff"| Methods
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* Distillation<!-- DON'T LINK IT TO "DISTILLATION"! DESPITE TO THE NAME, THIS DESALINATION PROCEDURE IS NEVER A DISTILLATION!!! -->
**[[Multi-stage flash distillation]] (MSF)
**[[Multiple-effect distillation]] (MED)
**[[Vapor-compression desalination|Vapor-compression]] (VC)
*[[Ion exchange]]<noinclude><ref name=Helfferich>F. Helfferich, Ion Exchange, McGraw Hill, New York, 1962</ref><ref name=Zagorodni>[http://www.ionexchange.books.kth.se A. A. Zagorodni, Ion Exchange Materials: Properties and Applications, Elsevier, Amsterdam, (2006)] Sections 12.5 and 12.6 shortly introduce classical ion exchange deionization techniques</ref></noinclude>
*[[Membrane technology|Membrane processes]]
**[[Electrodialysis reversal]] (EDR)
**[[Reverse osmosis]] (RO)
**[[Nanofiltration]] (NF)
**[[Membrane distillation]] (MD)
**[[Forward osmosis]] (FO)
*[[Freezing desalination]]     
*[[Geothermal desalination]]
* [[Solar desalination]]
** [[Solar humidification]]–dehumidification (HDH)
** [[Multiple-effect humidification]] (MEH)
** [[Seawater greenhouse]]
*[[Methane hydrate]] crystallization
*High grade [[water recycling]]
*[[Wave-powered desalination]]
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