Nikolay Voutchkov
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
26 Papers
88 Citations
Nikolay Voutchkov is an academic researcher from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Desalination & Seawater. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 24 publications.
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Papers
Energy use for membrane seawater desalination – current status and trends
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the current status of energy use for seawater desalination, discusses the minimum energy demand for production of fresh water and presents key factors that influence the desalification plant energy demand.
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Considerations for selection of seawater filtration pretreatment system
TL;DR: A critical review of widely used conventional granular and membrane pretreatment technologies for seawater desalination is presented in this article, addressing key factors and issues which would need to be taken under consideration when selecting a seawater pretreatment system.
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Disinfection by-products and their potential impact on the quality of water produced by desalination systems: a literature review.
TL;DR: The formation and speciation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in desalination systems is affected by the elevated concentrations of bromide and iodide in seawater and desalinated product water.
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Selection of pretreatment technologies for seawater reverse osmosis plants: A review
Mohammad Badruzzaman,Nikolay Voutchkov,Lauren Weinrich,Joseph G. Jacangelo,Joseph G. Jacangelo +4 more
TL;DR: A critical review of conventional and membrane-based pretreatment technologies by presenting water quality issues impacting their performances, critical design characteristics and their impacts on pretreatment selection, non-water quality based selection criteria, and a conceptual decision matrix for selection of pretreatment technology for site specific conditions is presented in this paper.
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Overview of seawater concentrate disposal alternatives
TL;DR: In this paper, the available alternatives for ocean concentrate disposal, site specific factors involved in the selection of the most viable alternative for a given project, and the environmental permitting requirements and studies associated with their implementation are discussed.
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