Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Designing a next generation solar crystallizer for real seawater brine treatment with zero liquid discharge

  • Chenlin Zhang,
  • Yusuf Shi,
  • Le Shi,
  • Hongxia Li,
  • Renyuan Li,
  • Seunghyun Hong,
  • Sifei Zhuo,
  • Tiejun Zhang,
  • Peng Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21124-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Proper disposal of industrial brine remains a critical environmental challenge. Here, the authors devise a solar crystallizer and propose a salt crystallization inhibition strategy, which together provide a low-cost and sustainable solution for industrial brine disposal with zero liquid discharge.