Raluy, Gemma; Serra, Luis; Uche, Javier - In: Energy 31 (2006) 13, pp. 2361-2372
In this work, a comparison of the commonly deployed commercial desalination technologies worldwide—multistage flash (MSF), multieffect evaporation and reverse osmosis (RO)—is assessed by applying life cycle analysis (LCA). LCA, a powerful, and internationally accepted tool used to examine...