Tag: Membrane Distillation
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Keppel to build membrane-distillation demonstration plant
A membrane-distillation desalination demonstration plant powered by waste heat is to be built as part of research by the Keppel Environmental Technology Centre (KETC) in Singapore, using Keppel’s Memstill technology.
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MD plant to be used for contaminant removal trials
Membrane distillation (MD) is to be used by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the Royal Institute of Technology, both in Stockholm, Sweden, for removal of a large range of contaminants in water and wastewater, notably pharmaceuticals, and also desalination discharges.
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Work starts on Queensland desalination plant
Preliminary work is beginning at the start of 2010 for a desalination plant to serve the Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy communities in Queensland, Australia.
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Government funding for Australian ceramic membrane
Australian government funding of Aus$ 70,400 has been granted to University of Queensland (UQ) researchers to develop a low-cost desalination technology through its company Ceramipore Pty Ltd, the university announced on 17 September 2009.
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MD developer seeking US powerplant partners
Swedish membrane distillation (MD) manufacturer Scarab AB is seeking US powerplant operators to allow it to demonstrate the technology’s ability to convert waste streams to feedwater using waste heat from turbines and engines.