University of New Hampshire Major: Environmental Engineering
Mentor: Dr. James Malley, UNH Department of Civil Engineering
Desalinization of Ocean Water with UV light Radiation
Pretreatment Around the world, especially in developing
countries, access to a clean water supply is becoming very
limited. Due to these issues water reuse techniques have begun
to rise in the world of water treatment and supply. This
research addresses one water reuse technique called Nano
filtration. This is a pressure driven treatment technique where
contaminated water is “pushed” through a porous membrane only
allowing water molecules and some ions through. This process
removes bacteria, dissolved solids, most multivalent ions,
organic molecules and viruses, making the water sanitary enough
for use. Although it is proven to be very effective it is also
energy intensive. Due to this it is important to minimize any
factors that can cause the energy requirement to rise. One of
the biggest factors that would increase the energy is an i