Tag: Membrane Distillation
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GE and memsys in joint MD development accord
Singapore-based membrane distillation (MD) specialist memsys clearwater Pte Ltd has entered into an agreement with GE to jointly develop the technology for the fast-growing oil and gas market.
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Membrane-distillation patent awarded to NJIT professor
A researcher at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a patent for direct-contact and vacuum membrane distillation technology.
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MD desalination pilot successfully used with waste heat
Results from an Australian trial to demonstrate the potential for a membrane distillation (MD) process to use waste heat from heavy industry to desalinate saline effluent have shown the system can produce high-quality water at temperatures as low as 30°C without an increase in greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Qatar researchers to seek new MD desalination process
Qatar University (QU) and the Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC) are to jointly develop a new desalination process based on membrane distillation.
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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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Vacuum-driven MD breakthrough promised by memsys
Vacuum-driven membrane distillation (MD) delivers high flux and true multi-effect distillation with very good energy recovery. The process runs at low temperature levels and is fully modular. This article describes the background of the development of the memsys company, membrane distillation, its specific advantages and potential applications, current and planned demonstration plants, and MD s…
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Carbon-nanotube process evolved for membrane distillation desalination
A new architecture for the membrane distillation process which immobilizes carbon nanotubes in the membrane pores has been developed by Professor Somenath Mitra of chairman of the department of chemistry and environmental science of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.
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CDA/EDS seeking Qingdao desalination abstracts by 15 March
Abstracts for the 2011 Qingdao International Desalination Conference in China (20-23 June 2011) must received by 15 March 2011 with final papers by 10 May 2011.
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Oil-removal membrane-distillation process being developed
A patented membrane-distillation process is to be enhanced to allow treatment of oil-contaminated water using a Sing$ 400,000 (US$ 312,000) grant from the Environment & Water Industry Programme Office in Singapore.
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Membrane projects get Acqueau approval label
Two water membrane projects are among seven Acqueau water-cluster proposals accepted by Eureka, the European research and development funding and coordination organization, for the award of its approval label.