Tag: Biofouling
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Researchers uncover new membrane fouling mechanism
Researchers have uncovered “an additional reverse osmosis (RO) membrane fouling mechanism” arising from organic compounds present in ultrafiltration (UF) permeate during wastewater desalination.
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Researchers share industry prize for fouling research
Doctoral students, Ariel Atkinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Erin Partlan of Clemson University, have received the 2014 Fellowship for Membrane Technology award from the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) for research in membrane fouling.
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Biofouling block could up membrane life tenfold
A new technology that starves microorganisms of vital nutrients could prevent biofouling in brackish and seawater RO pretreatment systems and extend membrane life tenfold according to its manufacturer BiAqua.
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Arkansas researchers join NSF membrane collaboration
Grants totaling US$ 900,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and industry partners has enabled University of Arkansas (UA) engineering researchers to join the Membrane, Science, Engineering & Technology Center, a multi‑campus collaboration supported by the NSF.
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Registration opened for next IDA Academy courses
The International Desalination Association has opened registration for the next IDA Desalination Academy courses in Singapore on 16‑19 September 2013.
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Escobar appointed as editor-in-chief of IDA journal
Dr Isabel Escobar of the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, has been appointed by the International Desalination Association (IDA) to succeed Dr Jim Birkett as editor-in-chief of the IDA Journal of Desalination & Water Reuse.
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Singapore and Tianjin next IDA Academy venues
Singapore is the venue for the next course in the schedule of the International Desalination Association (IDA) Academy.
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TEP expert dies in Galapagos fall
Professor Tom Berman, best known in the desalination world for his work on transparent exopolymer particles (TEPs), died last week after a fall during a vacation in the Galapagos Islands.
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Berman joins D&WR/IDA online symposium team
Tom Berman, research professor emeritus of the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel, who is a leading expert on biofouling and transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in reverse osmosis, has been added to the speakers for the International Online Symposium on Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse-Osmosis Desalination.
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Positive BWA relishes future challenges
BWA ADDITIVES has been through many changes of ownership since its first commercial sales as part of chemical giant Ciba-Geigy in the early 1970s, but, according to James Argyle, VP for Thermal Desalination & Group CFO of the UK desalination and water treatment chemical producer, the company has gained something each time. The real turning-point…