Metals Recovery from Seawater Desalination Brines: Technologies, Opportunities, and Challenges
Amit Kumar, Gayathri Naidu, Hiroki Fukuda, Fengmin Du, S. Vigneswaran, Enrico Drioli, John H. Lienhard
Abstract
The urgent need for environmental sustainability has increasingly prompted policy makers to emphasize resource recovery from desalination brine streams. Recent research on resource recovery from waste streams has shown rising momentum with near term viability for several new technologies. In this perspective, we focus on new opportunities for metal resource recovery from seawater desalination brine, while outlining associated sustainability challenges and opportunities. The potential of metals recovery is discussed.
Topics & Concepts
SustainabilityDesalinationResource recoveryBrineSeawaterEnvironmental scienceResource (disambiguation)Waste managementNatural resource economicsEnvironmental planningBusinessEnvironmental resource managementEnvironmental engineeringWastewaterEngineeringOceanographyGeologyEcologyComputer scienceEconomicsChemistryMembraneBiologyBiochemistryOrganic chemistryComputer networkExtraction and Separation ProcessesMembrane Separation TechnologiesRecycling and Waste Management Techniques