Technology • Treatment process

Thermal Desalination

Vapour-compression and multi-effect processes.

Heat-driven processes that separate salt by evaporation and condensation. Catalogued for orientation only: EngiMetric has no thermal desalination engine and states no energy or performance figures for these technologies.

3 technologies in this category · 1 with an EngiMetric quantitative model

Vapour-compression multi-stage evaporation, usually tied to a waste-heat source. Catalogued for orientation; EngiMetric models no MED thermal or performance figures.

  • Information only
  • Not quantitatively modeled
  • mature

Heated brine flashed through successive pressure stages. Catalogued for orientation; EngiMetric models no MSF thermal or performance figures.

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  • Not quantitatively modeled
  • established

Combining SWRO with a thermal stage, usually to treat the RO concentrate thermally. EngiMetric models the RO half of this arrangement only.

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  • Partial
  • established