The mechanisms of microbial adhesion to RO membranes are illustrated,along with the key factors that influence the microbial adhesion process.Common strategies for biofilm monitoring in water flow systems are also reviewed,and ...
Tags: review of mechanisms, ro systems, biofouling, environment
This study aims to simultaneously optimise reverse osmosis plant size and operation with a total annualised cost model. Highly fluctuating electricity prices result in high total annualised cost savings, as do oversizing and long shutoff ...
Tags: market view, osmosis
AES Arabia Ltd has secured a US$14 million contract to design, manufacture, construct, commission and start-up a dedicated seawater reverse osmosis plant in Saudi Arabia. The operation will produce up to 2, 752 GPM of fresh water for the ...
Tags: market view, desalination
Toray Industries Inc has received two separate orders to supply reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to seawater desalination plants in Al Zawra and Ghalilah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Al Zawra plant is an 45 000 m3/d RO seawater ...
Tags: market view, RO membrane
The Washington State Department of Health has announced that Vibrio bacteria have led to the closure of three commercial growing areas and caused 30 confirmed illnesses in Washington this summer. Totten Inlet near Olympia,North Bay and ...
Research and Markets Ltd has released the China Seawater Desalination Industry Report (2012 Edition). As of the end of 2011, China's seawater desalination capacity reached 660 kilotons per day, and will hit 2.2-2.6 million tons per day in ...
Tags: market view, water treatment
With utilities and facility operators under growing pressure to reduce their energy costs, a new report out on the Water-Energy Simulator (WESim) might just be the thing they are looking for. Published by the Water Reuse Association, the ...
Codex Alimentarius Commission,the UN food standards body,has unveiled new safety standards for food products,which includes the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula,in order to ensure food safety. The Commission is responsible ...
Tags: new safety standards, food safety, melamine
Membrane manufacturer QUA has introduced its FEDI fractional electrodionization and Q-SEP hollow fibre ultrafiltration modules to the Southeast Asia water treatment market at Aquatech India. The FEDI technology from QUA has patented dual ...
Argal plans to exhibit a number of its new pumps at Achema, which takes place in Frankfurt, Germany, from 18 to 22 June. These include the ASTRA range of AODD pumps, which is manufactured with port sizes starting from ¼ in up to 2 ...
Tags: market view, pump
Osmoflo is to provide a membrane based demineralisation plant which will supply process water to a new power station in Darwin, Australia. Adelaide-headquartered Osmoflo will design and construct a skid mounted plant in three trains capable ...
Tags: market view, demineralistion
The modern opportunities of forward osmosis are considered, with five key challenges faced by FO systematically reviewed and discussed. These are concentration polarisation, membrane fouling, reverse solute diffusion, and the need for new ...
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Municipal water treatment facilities will spend $4.5 billion this year for filters and clarifiers. This is the latest forecast achieved by aggregating projections in four McIlvaine Market reports. Cross-flow membrane technologies are ...
Tags: industry trends, Water Treatment, Filtration, Separation
A new thin-film composite hollow fibre membrane has been developed for pressure retarded osmosis. High power density can be achieved using seawater and wastewater brines, demonstrating that this hollow fibre membrane has potential for PRO ...
Mechanical Vapor Compression (MVC) desalination units from IDE Technologies have been selected by Norgener (an AES Gener company) for a power station facility in Chile owned by AES. Following the installation of low energy consumption ...
Tags: market view, Desalination