ABSTRACT
This book chapter discusses salt crystallization, a solid–liquid separation process, with regards to brine waste management. We examine the current challenges in this field and technologies used in industry. Crystallization techniques such as pellet softening, evaporation, and membrane distillation are discussed. Also, we explore pressure-driven membrane crystallization as a possible method to treat brine waste and consider certain techniques from literature to help realize this system. This chapter also provides design heuristics to guide the development of improved crystallizers by looking at bulk and surface influences on crystallization.
