Glossary
A dictionary of desalination terms.
Device operating under vacuum to remove dissolved gases from a liquid.
The gaseous phase of a material that is in the solid or liquid state at standard temperature and pressure.
(VC) Evaporative system where vapour boiled off in the evaporator is mechanically compressed and reused as the heating medium.
The pressure at which equilibrium is established between the liquid and gas phases of a substance.
The process where a substance changes from a liquid or solid to the gaseous state.
See “viable but not culturable”.
See “vapour compression evaporation”.
Vapour compression evaporation.
(VBNC) Bacteria commonly found in seawater that cannot be cultured on standard bacteriological media used for culturing heterotrophic bacteria.
Vertical tube evaporator.
Vacuum vapour compression.