Tag: Reverse Osmosis
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Tests prove filter medium reduces SWRO desalination fouling
Research at the University of Sheffield in the UK is showing that that filters using Disruptor™ media invented by US company Argonide Corporation is a good solution for reducing the fouling of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in seawater desalination plants.
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Block filter underdrain used at two large RO desalination plants
Tetra® LP Block™ filter underdrain systems for use in pretreatment filtration systems are being supplied to two desalination plants in North Africa and South America by Severn Trent Services.
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Environment review released for West Australia’s 2nd desalination plant
Western Australia’s Water Corporation released an environmental review of its proposed Southern Seawater Desalination Plant at Binningup on 3 February 2009 following approval by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts.
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Marin board approves EIR for desalination plant
The board of the Marin Metropolitan Water District in California, USA, voted to accept the environmental impact report on a possible desalination plant (see D&WR technical article August/September 2008).
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Ashdod desalination tender launched by Mekorot
Mekorot Development & Enterprises (MD&E), a subsidiary of the Israeli national water company, issued on 1 February 2009 a tender for the design, building, commissioning and supervision on a turnkey basis of the Ashdod seawater desalination plant.
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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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New head announced for Danfoss high-pressure systems
Developing Danfoss’ small desalination systems will be one of the tasks facing the company’s new senior vice-president of Danfoss High Pressure Systems, Palle Kruse.
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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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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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FO/RO system can treat difficult wastes
A method of combining forward osmosis (FO) with reverse osmosis (RO) desalination to treat difficult effluents has been developed by Catalyx, a product development company based in California.