Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Why MFI is edging SDI as a fouling index
PARTICULATE FOULING has plagued reverse osmosis (RO) systems since their first use in desalination and remains a persistent issue today for RO and other pressure-driven systems such as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF). In the early 1960s, the Du Pont company/Permasep Product successfully launched the hollow-fine-fibre (HFF) permeator onto the desalination market, where…
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Russian heavy oil recovery enhanced by water reuse
OPERATED BY Russia’s second largest oil producer, a heavy oil field in northwest Russia has been increasing the volume of crude processing with technology that supports enhanced recovery rates and reduced environmental impact. In 2008, they took the first steps to develop a less water-intensive way of processing produced water by conducting a feasibility study…
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Interview: Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, president of the International Desalination Association
Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, deputy governor for planning and development of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation, was elected as president by the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) at the IDA World Congress in Tianjin in October 2013. He talked about his new role to D&WR editor Robin Wiseman at the Global Water Summit in…
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Pure Aqua builds solar-powered desalination for Cameroon
US-based Pure Aqua has designed and manufactured six solar-powered reverse osmosis water purifiers for river water in the African state of Cameroon.
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Fujairah 1 Extension SWRO:Integration with MSF leads to large savings
EMIRATES SEMBCORP Water & Power Company (ESC) owns and operates the Fujairah 1 Independent power and desalination plant (F1 IWPP) in Fujairah, UAE (pictured in Figure 1 below). The plant has a gross power generation capacity of 893 MW and can produce 100 MIGD (454,600 m3/d) of desalinated water. In June 2013, to enhance the…
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Biwater delivers Jacksonville desalination
Water and wastewater management company Biwater has delivered a custom 15 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination system for Onslow Water and Sewer Authority near the USA city of Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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Japanese giants buy Metito stake
Japanese companies Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI), have acquired a joint 38.4% stake in United Arab Emirates-based water management company Metito for an undisclosed sum.
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Point Lisas nears end of sixth expansion
Desalcott’s Point Lisas seawater reverse osmosis plant in Trinidad, West Indies, is nearing completion on its sixth expansion since it was commissioned in 2002.
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Mining water treatment market to grow 85% by 2019
The global water treatment market for hard-rock mining – iron, copper, gold, nickel – is set to grow 85% to US$ 17 billion by 2019 according to market analyst, Bluefield Research.
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On demand webinar: Renewable energy for desalination impact on carbon footprint and costs
speakers include: Neil Palmer, Chief Executive Officer, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia Dr. Corrado Sommariva Managing Director of ILF Consulting Engineers Middle East, and Past President of the International Desalination Association (IDA). Dr Guillermo Zaragoza, Plataforma Solar de Almería Olivier Ceberio, COO and CO-founder, Resolute Marine Energy Learn from our international panel of…