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Engineering Evaluation of Factors Affecting Quality of Water Sources Available for Saline Water Conversion Plants (open access)

Engineering Evaluation of Factors Affecting Quality of Water Sources Available for Saline Water Conversion Plants

Report investing the "effects of contaminated raw water supplies on conversion processes," and studying "potential technical and economic advantages of combination saline water and sewage effluent conversion plants" (p. 1).
Date: December 1965
Creator: Sheppard T. Powell Associates
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Metals in Sea Water (open access)

Corrosion of Metals in Sea Water

Report issued by the Office of Saline over the corrosive properties of sea water on metals. As stated in the report, "the following paragraphs outline the major factors which influence corrosion reactions" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: December 1960
Creator: Fink, Frederick W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feasibility of Siting an 8 MGD Vapor Compression Distillation Desalting Plant at Brownsville, Texas (open access)

The Feasibility of Siting an 8 MGD Vapor Compression Distillation Desalting Plant at Brownsville, Texas

Report regarding the feasibility of placing a desalting plant at Brownsville, Texas, at one of three possible locations.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Newkirk, R. W. & Marwede, M. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Waste Heat For Production of Fresh Water (open access)

Use of Waste Heat For Production of Fresh Water

From Summary: "This study has shown that waste heat sources are available at locations where salt or brackish water could be converted into fresh water by the utilization of waste heat."
Date: December 1966
Creator: Gitterman, Henry & Zwickler, Samuel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Feasibility of Obtaining a Solid Dry Brine Effluent From Desalting Plants at Inland Locations (open access)

The Feasibility of Obtaining a Solid Dry Brine Effluent From Desalting Plants at Inland Locations

Report documenting a the economic feasibility of using crystallization/evaporation and fluidized-bed granulation in the treatment of brine effluents.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Ganiaris, N.; Wightman, H. & Glasser, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Utilization of Isotopes for Saline Water Conversion (open access)

Utilization of Isotopes for Saline Water Conversion

From Abstract: "This report covers a study involving the use of radioisotope power as a heat source for saline water conversion."
Date: December 1962
Creator: Chance Vought Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study for a Combination Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant: Phases 1 and 2 (open access)

Engineering and Economic Feasibility Study for a Combination Nuclear Power and Desalting Plant: Phases 1 and 2

Scope: As defined by the subcontract, Bechtel's responsibility is to determine the engineering and economic feasibility and preliminary design of a combination power and desalting plant using a nuclear energy heat source, which plant shall be deemed suitable for operation by the District by the year 1970.
Date: December 1965
Creator: Bechtel Corporation
System: The UNT Digital Library