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Proceedings of the European Conference on Desalination and the Environment Water Shortage 28-31 May, Lemesos (Limassol), Cyprus Contents Desalination Volume 138 Keynote speech Desalination and the environment (abstract) N.X. Tsiourtis (Nicosia, Cyprus) Session A-1. Water scarcity Water management under drought conditions C.N. Charalambous (Lemesos, Cyprus) How water scarcity will effect the growth in desalination market in the coming 25 years |. Bremere, M. Kennedy (Delft), A. Stikker (Amsterdam), J.C. Schippers (Delft-Nieuwegein, The Netherlands) Existing and the future planned desalination facilities in Gaza Strip of Palestine and their socio-economic and environmental impact S.A. Assaf (Ramallah, Palestinian Authority) Session A-2. Water scarcity Brackish, sea and waste water desalination as sustainable water sources. Technical-economical and ecological answers based on membrane technology J.A. Redondo (Rheinminster, Germany) Maximasing the benefits of desalination C.N. Charalambos (Lemesos, Cyprus), M. Setford (Kent, UK) Desalination process applications in Libya A.A. Abufayed, M.K.A. El-Ghuel (Tripoli, Libya) Case study — wastewater reuse in Limassol as an alternative water source |. Papaiacovou (Limassol, Cyprus) Session B-1. Wastewater Removal and destruction of toxic micropolluting organic compounds from wastewaters by a combined NF and SCWO process G. Del Re, G. Di Giacomo (L’Aquila, Italy) Spent process water desalination and organic removal by membranes for water reuse in the food industry V. Mavrov, H. Chmiel, E. Béliéres (Saarbricken, Germany) Treatment and reuse of textile effluents based on a new ultrafiltration and other membrane technologies M. Marcucci (Prato), G. Nosenzo (Parre), G. Capannelli (Genoa), |. Ciabatti, D. Corrieri, G. Ciardelli (Prato, Pil: SOO11-9164(01)00347-2 vill Session B-2. Wastewater and reuse Membranes as pretreatment to desalination in wastewater reuse. Operating experience in the municipal and industrial sectors B. Durham (Wirksworth, UK), M.M. Bourbigot (Paris, France), T. Pankratz (Saint-Maurice, France) Reliable water supply by reusing wastewater after membrane treatment (abstract) J. Schaefer (Port Washington, NY, USA) Water and materials recovery from fertilizer industry acidic effluents by membrane processes A.J. Karabelas, S.G. Yiantsios, Z. Metaxiotou, N. Andritos, A. Akiskalos, G. Viachopoulos, S. Stavroulias (Thessaloniki, Greece) Session C-1. Renewable energy Experimental investigation of a solar still coupled with solar collectors K. Voropoulos, E. Mathioulakis, V. Belessiotis (Athens, Greece) Multi-effect-still for hybrid solar/fossil desalination of sea and brackish water F. Grater, M. Dirrbeck, J. Rheinlander (Stuttgart, Germany) Utilization of new technique to improve the efficiency of horizontal solar desalination still N.H.A. Rahim (Isa Town, Bahrain) Session C-2. Renewable energy A photovoltaic powered system for water desalination M.S. Mohsen, J.O. Jaber (Zarga, Jordan) Effect of fuel cost on the price of desalinated water. A case for renewables S.A. Kalogirou (Nicosia, Cyprus) Modeling and performance analysis of a solar desalination unit with double-glass cover cooling (abstract) Y.H. Zurigat, M.K. Abu-Arabi (Muscat, Oman) Brackish water desalination with heat recovery B. Bouchekima(Ouargla, Algeria), B. Gros (Toulouse, France), R. Quahes, M. Diboun (El Alia, Algeria) Session A-3. Resource management and environment Desalination of marginal water: environmental and cost impacts Part 1. The effect on long range regional development Part 2. A case study of desalinated seawater vs. local desalination of marginal brackish water P. Glueckstern, N. Nadav, M. Priel (Tel-Aviv, Israel) Desalination and water resource management in Kuwait (abstract, full paper see on page 385) M.F. Hamoda (Safat, Kuwait) Developing environmentally acceptable desalination projects P. Mahi (Brighton, UK) session A-4. Developments in desalination Increase in water production in UAE C. Sommariva (Brighton, UK), V.S.N. Syambabu (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Deployment and field tests of a submarine reverse osmosis desalination prototype plant (RODSS) (abstract) P. Pacenti (Miinchen, Germany), M. Reali, N. Brambilla, A. Elli (Milan, Italy), P. Helm, R. Janssen (Miinchen, Germany), D. Chiaramonti, S. Gartner (Florence, Italy) On electric power and desalted water production in Kuwait M.A. Darwish (Safat, Kuwait) Session B-3. Energy saving in seawater reverse osmosis Operation and reliability of very high-recovery seawater desalination technologies by brine conversion two stage RO desalination system M. Kurihara (Otsu Shiga), H. Yamamura, T. Nakanishi, S. Jinno (Chiba, Japan) A twelve-year history of large scale application of work exchanger energy recovery technology W.T. Andrews, D.S. Laker (Hamilton, Bermuda) Las Palmas IIl — the success story of brine staging J.A. Reverter, S. Talo (Barcelona), J. Alday (Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain) Session B-4. Energy saving in seawater reverse osmosis The high pressure pump train on reverse osmosis plants. Experience and current trends A. Martinho (Coslada, Spain) Optimising energy consumption in SWRO systems with brine concentrators A. Griindisch, B.P. Schneider (Egliswil, Switzerland) Lanzarote IV, a new concept for two-pass SWRO at low O&M cost using the new high flow FilmTec SW30-380 J.A. Redondo (Rheinminster, Germany) Session C-3. Corrosion and scaling control Controlling the corrosiveness of blended waters A. Plottu-Pecheux, C. Democrate, B. Houssais, D. Gatel, J. Cavard (Paris, France) First desalination plant in Cyprus — product water aggresivity and corrosion control V. Siamarou Marangou, K. Sawides (Nicosia, Cyprus) The influence of concentration polarisation on the risk of scaling in spiral wound membrane applications C.A.C. van de Lisdonk (Nieuwegein), B.M. Rietman (Zwolle), S.G.J. Heijman, G.R. Sterk (Nieuwegein), J.C. Schippers (Nieuwegein—Delft, The Netherlands) Session C-4. Membrane fouling | Studies on interactions between membranes (RO and NF) and pollutants (SiO2, NOs, Mn** and humic acid) in water R. Molinari, P. Argurio, L. Romeo (Rende, Italy) Effect of hydrocarbon contaminants on the performance of RO membranes T. Hodgkiess (Glasgow, Scotland), W.T. Hanbury (Argyll, Scotland), G.B. Law (Singapore), T.Y. Al-Ghasham (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) Electric fields applied in the ultrafiltration process (abstract) N. Mameni (Algiers), S.M. Oussedik, A. Khelifa (Blida), D. Belhocine, H. Ghrib, H. Lounici (Algiers, Session A-5. Seawater reverse osmosis. Design Larnaka Desalination Plant B. Liberman (Ra’anana, !|srael) Process control of Larnaca 51,000 m*/d seawater RO plant (abstract) M. Faigon (Ra’anana, Israel) Optimization of seawater RO systems design M. Wilf, K. Klinko (Oceanside, CA, USA) Preliminary investigation into the economical feasibility of unsteady incompressible duct flow (waterhammer) to create hydrostatic pressure for seawater desalination using reverse osmosis R.A. Sawyer, D.F. Maratos (Manchester, UK) Session A-6. Distillation and reverse osmosis Rehabilitation of water production facilities of the Ministry of Electricity and Water — State of Bahrain A.G. Khalaf, M.A. Redha (Manama, Bahrain) Hybrid desalting systems for avoiding water shortage in Spain J. Uche, L. Serra, A. Valero (Zaragoza, Spain) Some aspects of a design study of a hybrid MSF-RO plant Z.K. Al-Bahri (Oman), W.T. Hanbury (Argyll, Scotland), T. Hodgkiess (Glasgow, Scotland) Optimal MSF plant design S. Mussati, P. Aguirre, N.J. Scenna (Santa Fe, Argentina) A dynamic simulator for MSF plants E.E. Tarifa (San Salvador de Jujuy), N.J. Scenna (Santa Fe, Argentina) Session B-5. Corrosion Corrosion of condenser tube materials in distilled water D. Mantzavinos, T. Hodgkiess, S.L.C. Lai (Glasgow, Scotaind) x Corrosion and scaling problems present in some desalination plants in Abu Dhabi M. El-Dahshan (Abu Dhabi, UAE) Performance of reinforced thermosetting resin pipe systems in desalination application: a long-term solution to corrosion — the Arabian Gulf example Z. Salibi (Beirut, Lebanon) Desalination and water resource management in Kuwait M.F. Hamoda (Safat, Kuwait) Author Index Desalination Volume 139 Session B-6. Energy saving and renewable energy Utilization of waste heat from flue gases up-stream gas scrubbing system J. Cohen, |. Janovich, A. Muginstein (Haifa, |srael) Saving of energy and cost in seawater desalination with speed controlled pumps D.-H. Hellmann (Kaiserslautern), H. Rosenberg (Frankenthal), E.F. Tusel (Homburg/Saar, Germany) Potential of solar desalination in Israel and its close vicinity D. Sagie (Beer-Sheva), E. Feinerman, E. Aharoni (Rehovot, Israel) New approach to solar desalination for small and medium size use in remote areas H. Kunze (Augsburg, Germany) Session C-5. Membrane fouling Il Silica fouling and cleaning of reverse osmosis membranes T. Koo, J. Lee, R. Sheikholeslami (Sydney, Australia) Experience in reverse osmosis pretreatment N.P. lsaias (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) Diagnosis, prediction and prevention of biofouling of NF and RO membranes J.S. Vrouwenvelder, D. van der Kooij (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands) Session C-6. Scaling in reverse osmosis Inception of CaSO, scaling on RO membranes at various water recovery levels D. Hasson, A. Drak, R. Semiat (Haifa, Israel) Pretreatment and the effect of cations and anions on prevention of silica fouling i — (Sydney, Australia), 1.S. Al-Mutaz (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), T. Koo, A. Young (Sydney, ustralia Water type and guidelines for RO system design S. El-Manharawy, A. Hafez (Cairo, Egypt) Session A-7. Seawater reverse osmosis operation Operating experience of the Dhekelia seawater desalination plant O.V. Sallangos, E. Kantilaftis (Nicosia, Cyprus) Pilot plant study at Dhekelia seawater desalination plant O. Sallangos (Nicosia, Cyprus), P. Moss (Stafford, UK) Performance characteristics of a cyclically operated seawater desalination plant in Tajoura, Libya (abstract) A.A. Abufayed (Tripoli, Libya) Session A-8. Heading water shortage Water shortage and renewable energies (RE) desalination — possible technological applications V. Belessiotis, E. Delyannis (Athens, Greece) Seawater desalination projects. The Cyprus experience N.X. Tsiourtis (Nicosia, Cyprus) Aqualyng™ — Anew system for SWRO with pressure recuperation L. Drablas (Mogan, Gran Canaria, Spain)