Tag: Membrane
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Mini seawater desalinator introduced by Danfoss
Shown by Danfoss at the EuroMed exhibition in Jordan last November, the WaterCube 2 is a small domestic seawater reverse-osmosis desalination unit with a capacity of 5,300 L/d.
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Good year for BEL in Spain
BEL Group, the pressure-vessel supplier, has completed its first year in its new facility in Murcia, Spain. The new state-of-the-art production facility, which complements its factory in Israel, started its commercial production in January 2008.
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Membrane retrofit enables feedwater switch
Use of Dow’s latest fouling-resistant desalination membrane technology successfully enabled a Dutch industrial water treatment plant to switch its feedwater from a river estuary to municipal sewage effluent.
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Workshop on membrane water technologies set for March
A workshop on alternative water resources, such as brackish-water desalination and wastewater reuse is being organised in Thessaloniki, Greece on 5 March 2009 by the Center for Research and Technology Hellas and the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water.
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New Toray tube size allows easier membrane replacement
Toray Membrane USA announced on 28 January 2009 the introduction of a 1.125 in (28.5 mm) product water tube for models of TMG20-400C and TMG20-430C reverse-osmosis (RO) low-pressure brackish-water desalination membrane elements.
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Understanding microbes could increase MBR efficiency, conference told
A thorough understanding of the physiology of micro-organisms found in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) used in advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse would greatly improve the overall efficiency of these systems, a conference in Singapore was told on 23 January 2009.
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Oceanside looks to upgrade its RO plant
Oceanside, the Californian city that is home to major membrane manufacturer Hydranautics, is thinking about further desalination of brackish groundwater, if it can get federal funding for it.
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Forward-osmosis patent filed by QuantumSphere
Another forward-osmosis process has taken a step forward. QuantumSphere Inc filed for a US patent on 14 January 2009 for its water purification process, which, it claims, serves as a more energy-efficient alternative to desalination methods now commonly used.
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Yale team claims forward-osmosis success
A forward-osmosis technology described as “engineered osmosis” has been developed in the USA by a Yale University spinoff company called Oasys.
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Pilot tests for dopamine anti-fouling technology
Seed capital totalling US$ 500,000 for the development of a dopamine-based membrane anti-fouling technology has been raised by Advanced Hydro Inc (AIC), based in Austin, Texas, USA, the company announced on 6 January 2009.