Tag: Membrane
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Rice University team demonstrates one-pass membrane for fracking reuse
Researchers at Rice University have created a superhydrophilic ceramic membrane that can remove 90 per cent of contaminants from the wastewater produced by fracking.
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Interview: Henry Charrabe, Fluence Corp
Henry Charrabe, newly appointed chief executive of Fluence Corporation, the company formed in July by the merger of RWL Water and Emefcy, has worked for the business’ major investor Ronald Lauder for 16 years.
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GE to retrofit Florida plant with membranes over media filtration
GE Water & Process Technologies is to retrofit Lake Manatee Water Treatment Plant in Florida, US, with its ZeeWeed 1000 ultrafiltration membranes.
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GE introduces new UF-RO product for drinks producers
GE has developed a new ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) system aimed at the drinks industry.
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Pall Water expands supply deal with LA’s West Basin Municipal Water District
Pall Water has won an order from Los Angeles’ wholesale water agency West Basin Municipal Water District, to expand its Aria FLEX filtration system by a third, and additionally to supply to two Aria FAST mobile membrane filtration units.
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Tokyo’s Wellthy Corp forms joint venture in Myanmar
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation subsidiary Wellthy Corp has formed a joint venue with Myanmar Water Engineering & Products (MWEP) to provide EPC and water quality analysis services in Myanmar.
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Aquaporin begins forward osmosis pilot project in Singapore
Aquaporin of Denmark and Darco Water Technologies of Singapore are to begin a joint pilot project on industrial wastewater treatment using forward osmosis (FO) technology.
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Water Planet introduces PolyCera Hydro for drinking water
Water Planet has introduced PolyCera Hydro membranes for drinking water applications, extending its PolyCera range beyond industrial wastewater treatment.
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The Long Read: The changing EPC landscape
There is a big shift going on in the water sector, and it’s exemplified by the Suez-GE deal. While the focus of services offered by engineers has always ebbed and flowed along a spectrum of consultancy, design work, systems integration, and delivery, nowadays customers’ decision-making processes are pushing at the boundaries of these traditional project…
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Graphene oxide membranes: ‘In an ideal world we will take five years to scale up’
"If everything goes to plan, my expectation is that we will have graphene oxide membranes in large scale production within the next five years," says Rahul Nair, professor of materials physics and Royal Society university research fellow at the National Graphene Institute and School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, at University of Manchester, UK.