Solar Driven Zero-Liquid Discharge of High-Salinity Phenolic Wastewater
with an energy efficiency of 87.8%. Life cycle assessment confirms the significant environmental benefits of our SDZLD technology and estimates a treatment cost of approximately 7.75 EUR per ton of wastewater, which is about 50% lower than that of conventional evaporation pond methods. This work provides an innovative SDZLD-centered strategy to alleviate water scarcity, contributing toward UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.1.
Authors
- Hameer Chand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1472-3397)
- D L Li
- Peng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0856-0865)
- Hongjie Guo
- Changyong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9288-627X)
- H Yang
- Shuai Wang
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HK)
- Dalian University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Published
- 2026-07-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05876
- Primary Topic
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China