Tag: Forward Osmosis
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3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit set for Barcelona
Norwegian power company Statkraft, which is developing forward osmosis for energy, is organising the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit on 26-27 April 2012 alongside the European Desalination Society’s conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain (23-26 April 2012).
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GE’s Muscat takes over as Oasys Water CEO
Former GE executive Bob Muscat has been appointed chief executive officer of Oasys Water, the US forward-osmosis desalination specialist.
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FO pilot plant could follow HTI Dubai link-up
Forward-osmosis (FO) system manufacturer Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI) has signed an international distribution, services and cooperation agreement for FO technology with Future Technologies LLC of Dubai. Future Technologies will distribute HTI’s FO OsMem™ membrane technology for industrial applications.
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NASA, space flight, water recycling and forward osmosis
For manned space vehicles and especially for the International Space Station, America’s National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has had to invent and adapt many technologies. Not least among these are those aimed at life support and water supply in particular. In developing these, forward osmosis (FO) is playing a prominent part. NASA Research in…
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IDA lifetime achievement award for Toray’s Kurihara
A lifetime achievement award to Dr Masaru Kurihara of Toray Membranes was awarded by the International Desalination Association at its awards banquet which closed the IDA World Congress in Perth, Australia on 8 September 2011.
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Aus$ 3.8 million announced for new Australian desalination research
The new Aus $3.8 million (US$ 4.03 million) federal funding for research announced at the opening of the new research centre by the Australian National Centre of Excellence includes eleven new projects involving eight Australian universities, plus other universities, companies and organisations across the world.
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Modern Water claims first FO commercial desalination contract
UK-based Modern Water has won what is believed to be the first ever forward-osmosis (FO) commercial contract for desalination, following its award of a UK£ 500,000 (US$ 810,000) contract for a 200 m³/d plant by Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW).
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Tri-Tech planning forward-osmosis pilot plants
Chinese water and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holdings announced on 13 May 2011 that its current plans include constructing and operating one or more forward-osmosis (FO) pilot units using technology licensed from Arizona-based Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI).
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Stover leaves Oasys for Desalitech
Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) old boy Dr Richard Stover has joined Tel Aviv-based Desalitech, a company with a desalination process that does away with energy-recovery devices.
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IDA announces scholarship program winners
Students from Brazil and Singapore are this year’s winners of the Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship awarded by the International Desalination Association (IDA).