Tag: Reverse Osmosis
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Lawsuit filed against Marin County desalination proposal
A lawsuit to protect San Francisco Bay and the citizens of Marin County “from the harmful effects of desalination” was filed in the Marin Superior Court on 21 September 2009 by a number of opponents including an environmental group.
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PX energy-recovery for Hadera desalination expansion
Energy Recovery Inc’s PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices have been selected by IDE Technologies for the expansion of its seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Hadera, Israel.
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Three desalination workshops follow IDA World Congress
Three different aspects of desalination will be covered in workshops announced on 10 September 2009 by the International Desalination Association (IDA), which will follow its upcoming World Congress in Dubai.
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Aqua Engineering wins seawater desalination orders
Two major seawater desalination orders for the United Arab Emirates and Egypt have been won by Austria’s Aqua Engineering GmbH, part of the Christ Water Technology Group.
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PX energy-recovery units selected for Palmachim expansion
Energy Recovery Inc announced on 9 September 2009 that its PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices have been selected for use in the expansion of the 115,000 m³/d Palmachim desalination plant, one of the largest seawater reverse osmosis plants in Israel.
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Perth 2 pressure vessel order goes to BEL
BEL Group Ltd has been appointed sole supplier of pressure vessels for the 130,000 m³/d Southern Seawater desalination plant in Western Australia.
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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.
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Energy-recovery innovation in Hydranautics desalination software
The ability to model the use of an energy-recovery device (ERD) in the form of a work exchanger or pressure exchanger is a major new feature of IMSDesign 2009, the latest version of Hydranautics’ comprehensive membrane projection software, which allows the user to accurately design a reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination system.
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WRF funds American Water to research desalination pretreatment
New methodologies for optimizing pretreatment processes for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination are to be researched by American Water Works Company Inc, the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility company, under a grant from the Water Research Foundation.
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Membrane and desalination research reports published by NWRI
Short progress reports on the status of membrane and desalination research projects funded under the US National Water Research Institute’s graduate fellowship scheme for 2008-2009 have been published on the NWRI website.