Tag: Energy
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Waldron takes up Toray Membrane post
Membrane veteran Peter Waldron took up his new position as business development manager for San Diego-based Toray Membrane USA on 28 March 2011, but he told D&WR that he’s remaining in Massachusetts for the near future.
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ZLD wastewater equipment for new California power plant
The Russell City Energy Center (RCEC), a new 600 MW natural gas and steam combined-cycle power plant being built in Alameda County, California, will have GE zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater recycling technology.
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Membranes reclaim aggressive produced water from California oilfield
Increasingly, membrane technologies are finding a place in the oil and gas industry, in the USA and Australia in particular, for dealing with the difficult wastewaters that arise from the extraction process. This article describes how, in a Californian oilfield, a reverse-osmosis process has operated for two years at high pH for the removal of…
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Giant S African power plant to have maximum water reuse
Maximum water reuse for what will be one of the world’s largest coal-fired power plants in South Africa is to be provided by GE under a US$ 40 million contract.
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Pentair to buy CPT division from Norit
Pentair Inc is to acquire the Netherlands-based Clean Process Technologies (CPT) division of Norit Holding BV in the second quarter of this year for € 503 million (US$ 705 million), plus net debt at closing.
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Desalination part of new Algeria-Morocco cooperation
A meeting on issues related to water management and purification and seawater desalination is to be held in Algiers on 18 April 2011 between officials from the relevant ministries in Algeria and Morocco.
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RO consumes 4% of Malta’s electricity, says new group
Reverse-osmosis desalination plants consume almost 4% of Malta’s electricity supply, according to a statement from the newly-formed Malta Water Association (MWA) on 22 March 2011. The group, made up of hydrologists, engineers and other water experts, warned that urgent action is needed to protect Malta’s water resources, which “are among the scarcest in the world…
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Branson to address IDA Perth congress in September
Sir Richard Branson, famous for his achievements as an entrepreneur and founder of the international brand Virgin, is to be keynote speaker at the World Congress of the International Desalination Association in Perth.
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USEPA puts cooling-water intake rules out for comment
Proposals concerning large-volume water intakes, such as those for power plants or factories, were issued for public comment by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 29 March 2011.
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China to cut industrial water use per unit output
Water used for China’s industry will be reduced by 7% this year and by 30% by 2015 against unit output, Zhou Changyi, director of energy conservation, told a conference in Nanjing on 28 March 2011.