Date and Time
- July 16, 2020
- 1245 Central European Summer Time (CEST) (Click here to check your local timings)
Description
Although our planet has sufficient fresh water to achieve a regular and clean water supply for all, poor economics and infrastructure can skew supply unfavourably. Desalination as a method to provide clean drinking water has become vital – particularly in a context where drought, water scarcity and rapid quality decrease of water bodies have become an undeniable reality.
This webinar is a very first introduction to the field of desalination, which engineering professionals and students may use as a stepping stone in furthering their education in this topic. It discusses the drivers for desalination, the current desalination trends worldwide, the energy consumption and costs.
Webinar outcomes
- Gain a knowledge base of what desalination entails
- Understand the main drivers for desalination
- Have an overview of the current world and regional desalination capacities
Webinar outline
- Why do we need desalination?
- Desalination technologies: Distillation and Reverse osmosis
- Desalination trends worldwide
- Set-up of a desalination plant
- Energy consumption and costs
- IHE Delft in the field of desalination
About the Speaker
Dr. Sergio Salinas is a desalination and water treatment technology professional and university lecturer, with experience in Latin America, Middle East, and Europe.
Sergio has a PhD in Desalination and Water Treatment from the Technical University of Delft, an MSc in Water Supply Engineering from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, a Master’s in Irrigation and Drainage and a BSc in Civil Engineering from San Simon Major University. He also obtained the University Teaching Qualification in the Netherlands.
He has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings in the areas of seawater and brackish water desalination, water treatment, water reuse, and natural organic matter characterization.
