TY - JOUR
T1 - Desalination Technology in South Korea
T2 - A Comprehensive Review of Technology Trends and Future Outlook
AU - Park, Jongkwan
AU - Lee, Sungyun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Due to advances in desalination technology, desalination has been considered as a practical method to meet the increasing global fresh water demand. This paper explores the status of the desalination industry and research work in South Korea. Desalination plant designs, statistics, and the roadmap for desalination research were analyzed. To reduce energy consumption in desalination, sea-water reverse osmosis (SWRO) has been intensively investigated. Recently, alternative desalination technologies, including forward osmosis, pressure‐retarded osmosis, membrane distillation, capaci-tive deionization, renewable‐energy‐powered desalination, and desalination batteries have also been actively studied. Related major consortium‐based desalination research projects and their pilot plants suggest insights into lowering the energy consumption of desalination and mitigation of the environmental impact of SWRO brine as well. Finally, considerations concerning further development are suggested based on the current status of desalination technology in South Korea.
AB - Due to advances in desalination technology, desalination has been considered as a practical method to meet the increasing global fresh water demand. This paper explores the status of the desalination industry and research work in South Korea. Desalination plant designs, statistics, and the roadmap for desalination research were analyzed. To reduce energy consumption in desalination, sea-water reverse osmosis (SWRO) has been intensively investigated. Recently, alternative desalination technologies, including forward osmosis, pressure‐retarded osmosis, membrane distillation, capaci-tive deionization, renewable‐energy‐powered desalination, and desalination batteries have also been actively studied. Related major consortium‐based desalination research projects and their pilot plants suggest insights into lowering the energy consumption of desalination and mitigation of the environmental impact of SWRO brine as well. Finally, considerations concerning further development are suggested based on the current status of desalination technology in South Korea.
KW - Alternative technology
KW - Energy
KW - Industry
KW - Research
KW - Reverse osmosis
KW - Seawater desalination
KW - South Korea
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U2 - 10.3390/membranes12020204
DO - 10.3390/membranes12020204
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85124597399
SN - 2077-0375
VL - 12
JO - Membranes
JF - Membranes
IS - 2
M1 - 204
ER -