Tag: Membrane
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Chilean solar desalination demo precurses pilot project
A demonstration solar-powered desalination plant was installed in mid‑March 2013 in Arica, Chile, by Fundación Chile, in advance of a pilot project for irrigation purposes.
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AMTA visiting Des Moines for tech transfer workshop
The American Membrane Technology Association is to hold a Technology Transfer Workshop in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Chinese licensee joins Dow residential Filmtec program
Haier Group of China, a leading multinational home appliances and consumer electronics company, has become the latest official licensee to partner with Dow Water & Process Solutions in its newly launched Filmtec™ reverse osmosis (RO) ingredient branding program.
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Berman joins D&WR/IDA online symposium team
Tom Berman, research professor emeritus of the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel, who is a leading expert on biofouling and transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in reverse osmosis, has been added to the speakers for the International Online Symposium on Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse-Osmosis Desalination.
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Grant support for UK graphene membrane research
Graphene researchers at the UK’s University of Manchester have been awarded a £ 3.5 million grant that could bring new desalination membranes, safer food packaging and enhanced disease detection closer to reality.
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Finnish group claims lower cost of nano membranes
A technology to manufacture nanoporous membranes at “significantly lower” production costs was announced at the end of March 2013 by the Department of Energy & Materials Science at Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland.
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Ahmad takes charge of inge sales for Asia/Pacific
Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane specialist inge GmbH has taken the decision to appoint a dedicated representative to reinforce its local presence in the Asia-Pacific region and boost its regional activities.
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Dow introduces home RO membranes in two sizes
Filmtec™ home drinking-water reverse-osmosis (RO) membranes were launched on 2 April 2013 by Dow Water & Process Solutions in 75 and 100 GPD (284 and 388 L/d) sizes.
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Alamagordo completes first stage of RO project
The City of Alamagordo in New Mexico, USA, announced on 26 March 2013 that it had completed Phase 1 of its Westside Infrastructure Improvements Project, which will eventually include a 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) desalination plant.
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Finn Helmer appointed CEO of LiqTech International
Denmark’s LiqTech International Inc, manufacturer of silicon carbide membrane filtration technologies, announced the appointment of Finn Helmer as its new CEO on 27 March 2013.