MSF/FBE seawater desalination and fouling hypersaline wastewater treatment

The Multi-Stage Flash/Fluidised Bed Evaporator (MSF/FBE) is not strictly a new technology, but the applications suggested in this article are new. It is claimed to halve the costs of distillate production compared with most advanced conventional MSFs and is suggested as a way to expand existing MSF plants. Another application is the wind-powered MSF/FBE for distillate production at remote underdeveloped locations. This article also introduces a Vapour Compression/Fluidised Bed Evaporator (VC/FBE) for the treatment and concentration of saline and severely fouling industrial and mining (waste)water streams. This article first appeared in the August/September 2010 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.

The Multi-Stage Flash/Fluidised Bed Evaporator (MSF/FBE) is not strictly a new technology, but the applications suggested in this article are new. It is claimed to halve the costs of distillate production compared with most advanced conventional MSFs and is suggested as a way to expand existing MSF plants.

Another application is the wind-powered MSF/FBE for distillate production at remote underdeveloped locations.

This article also introduces a Vapour Compression/Fluidised Bed Evaporator (VC/FBE) for the treatment and concentration of saline and severely fouling industrial and mining (waste)water streams.

This article first appeared in the August/September 2010 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.