UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA - NEW AWARD DE-FOA-0001858 (OPEN 2018) CONTROL #:1858-4352 PROJECT TITLE: ''AN INNOVATIVE ZERO-LIQUID DISCHARGE INTERMEDIATE-COLD-LIQUID EUTECTIC-FREEZE DESALINATION SYSTEM'' UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PROPOSES A NOVEL ZERO-LIQUID DISCHARGE (ZLD) SOLAR EUTECTIC-FREEZE METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF WATER PRODUCED FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM RESOLVES THE ISSUES COMMON TO CURRENT FREEZE-DESALINATION SYSTEMS, WHILE OFFERING SUPERIOR HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE ASCRIBED TO DIRECT-CONTACT BETWEEN THE COOLANT AND THE BRINE.