desalination
removal of salts and minerals from a substance, best known is the removal of salt from seawater to obtain drinking water
Solar desalination
desalination technique powered by solar energy
Multiple-effect distillation
a distillation process often used for sea water desalination. It consists of multiple stages. In each stage the feed water is heated by steam in tubes. The steam flows into the tubes of the next stage
reverse osmosis
water purification process
Forward osmosis
water purification process
Geothermal desalination
production of fresh water using heat energy extracted from underground rocks
Multi-stage flash distillation
Water desalination process
Multiple-effect humidification
method for sea water desalination
Solar humidification
thermal water desalination method
Vapor-compression desalination
distillation process where the evaporation of saline water is obtained by the application of heat delivered by compressed vapor.