Tag: Biofouling
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IDA scholarships for PhD students in US and Singapore
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has awarded its Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship for 2011 to Errol M Glenn of the USA and Sim Siang Tze Victor of Singapore.
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NSF approval for green RO antiscalant
CarboxyMethyl Inulin (CMI) has received standard certification from NSF International and the American National Standards Institute allowing Carboxyline® 25-40 UP to be used as a reverse-osmosis antiscalant in drinking water production in the US.
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Desalitech building demo plant with Layne Christensen
The originator of the Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD™) technology, Desalitech Ltd, announced on 30 June 2011 that it will work with mineral and water drilling and treatment company Layne Christensen to design and build an innovative desalination system.
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Desalitech closed-circuit technology set for BWRO project
Israel-based Desalitech Ltd announced on 7 April 2011 that it had been awarded a contract to design and build a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system for Environmental Protection Technologies (EPT), a global company that leads the industrial wastewater treatment market in Israel.
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IDA releases more detail of Portofino conference
Abstracts of four “notable” papers for the the International Desalination Association’s (IDA) Desalination Industry Action For Good conference in Portofino, Italy, in May were sent out by the association on 18 February 2011.
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4th Membranes & Desalination event set for Gold Coast
The Membranes and Desalination Specialty IV Conference, to be held in Gold Coast on 11-12 February 2011 by the Australian Water Association, has a problem solving focus.
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International fouling research makes progress in Israel
Pilot facilities to produce ~120 m³/d of desalinated water at sites in Israel and in Jordan are to be set up researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, as part of developing a novel method for achieving very high recoveries in desalination by reverse osmosis (RO).
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European desalination conference program published
The full programme for the European Desalination Society’s conference and exhibition in Baden Baden, Germany, on 17-20 May 2009 is now available.
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Can buckyballs reduce desalination membrane biofouling?
The giant carbon molecule buckminsterfullerine (C60) or “buckyballs” has been found in research to hinder biofouling on membranes such as those used for desalination.
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Amy appointed director of KAUST desalination center
The King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has appointed Dr Gary L Amy as director of the Water Desalination Research Center and professor of environmental engineering, starting in June 2009.