Tag: Membrane
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Dow buys into oxidation-resistant membrane research
Dow Water Solutions has reached a multi-year joint development partnership with Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) and University of Texas at Austin (UT).
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UN gives EIA guidance for desalination
In September 2008, the United Nations Environment Programme released a new guidance document entitled Desalination – Resource and Guidance Manual for Environmental Impact Assessments.
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Toray wins Gulf quartet
Toray Industries Inc announced in September that its reverse-osmosis (RO) membrane business had won orders from four seawater desalination plants with a total capacity of 332,000 m³/d in the Gulf.
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Super vessel takes a bow
The most interesting exhibit at the recent American Membrane Technology Association convention in Florida was probably on the ROPV stand. The Chinese company launched the Super Vessel pressure-vessel, which will be pilot tested in the USA in the coming months and marketed globally by Enceladus Water Group.
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New membrane material resistant to chlorine
Sulphonated copolymers are being used as membrane material in new research which is claiming improved resistance to chlorine under funding provided by the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Innovation Program.