Monwabisi desalination plant starting side preparation – Cape Town – South Africa The Monwabisi desalination plant is one of seven projects earmarked as part of the first phase of the City of Cape Town’s Additional Water Supply Programme. Site preparation is currently under way. „It is anticipated that the Monwabisi plant will produce a total of seven million litres of drinking water per day which will be fed into the water reticulation system to supplement current supply from the dams and other water sources. „A nine-week construction period is planned for the completion of the first phase comprising two million litres. The first drinking water generated by the desalination plant is […] Monwabisi desalination plant starting side preparation – Cape Town – South AfricaDME GmbH2017-12-18T16:11:51+01:00
China plans to add 600.000 m³/d Capacity of sea water desalination capacity China plans to increase its sea water desalination capacity more than fivefold during the next three to five years to ease a water shortage on its inhabited islands. Around 100 sea water desalination projects will be built or upgraded in 16 coastal provinces and cities, adding 600,000 tonnes of daily desalination capacity to the existing capacity of 135,700 tonnes, according to a plan issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Oceanic Administration. By 2020, desalinated sea water is expected to become the main source of water for islands suffering a severe water shortage, according to […] China plans to add 600.000 m³/d Capacity of sea water desalination capacityDME GmbH2017-12-15T14:24:38+01:00
FEWA launches new project to establish desalination plant – UAE The Director General of the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) Mohammed Mohammed Saleh, unveiled the implementation of a project to establish a new desalination plant in UAQ, with a production capacity of 45m gallons per day, at a cost of Dhs900m. According to Saleh, the project is expected to take two years to be implemented, in partnership with the independent producer. Saleh added that the implementation of the project is part of the strategic plans of the FEWA which is keen to provide services at distinct levels contributing to the development of infrastructure of facilities to meet the […] FEWA launches new project to establish desalination plant – UAEDME GmbH2017-12-15T14:20:00+01:00
Scalable and Continuous Water Deionization by Shock Electrodialysis – Entsalzen durch Elektroschock – MIT- USA … Die Physik hinter dem System der so genannten Schock-Elektrolyse ist teilweise noch unverstanden und beruht auf mikrofluiden Effekten. Dabei wird das zu entsalzende Wasser durch eine Fritte geleitet – also eine Art Glaskügelchenpulver –, die als mittlere Schicht zwischen Elektroden liegt. Wird Strom angelegt, entstehen im Wasserkörper lokal ionenreiche und -arme Bereiche. Erhöht sich die Stromstärke, schlägt ab einem bestimmten Punkt eine Schockwelle zwischen den ionenreichen und -armen Wasserlinsen durch und treibt diese durch eine starke Strömungswirkung in verschiedene Richtungen auseinander. Eine feste Trennmembran in einer vorausberechneten Position inmitten der induzierten Strömung hält salziges und Süßwasser dann getrennt, beschreiben die Wissenschaftler […] Scalable and Continuous Water Deionization by Shock Electrodialysis – Entsalzen durch Elektroschock – MIT- USADME GmbH2017-12-15T14:07:59+01:00
Synthetic, light-driven proton pump has the added potential capability to desalinate with direct solar power By binding photosensitive dyes to common plastic membranes and adding water, chemists at the University of California, Irvine have made a new type of solar power generator. The device is similar to familiar silicon photovoltaic cells but differs in a fundamental way: Instead of being produced via electrons, its electricity comes from the motion of ions. Dubbed the “synthetic, light-driven proton pump” by its creators, the innovation – because of its ionic basis – has the added potential capability of taking the salt out of seawater. “The materials used to make such a device can be dirt-cheap,” said Shane […] Synthetic, light-driven proton pump has the added potential capability to desalinate with direct solar powerDME GmbH2017-12-15T13:51:19+01:00
Acwa Power, Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in Oman Acwa Power, a major developer and operator of power and desalinated water plants, said its consortium with French water and energy management company Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in Oman. The project is being procured by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC (OPWP) under a build-own-operate framework on the back of a 20-year Water Purchase Agreement. Dhofar Desalination Company, the project company, will be owned by Acwa Power, Veolia Middle East and Dhofar International Development & Investment Holding (Didic). The plant, to be located […] Acwa Power, Veolia and Oman-based Dhofar International Development and Investment Holding Company (DIDIC) has been awarded the Salalah Independent Water Project in OmanDME GmbH2017-12-15T13:50:35+01:00
Jeddah and Makkah region’s water infrastructure to be expanded at a cost of SR9 billion The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) signed several contracts aimed at increasing water supply to some governorates in the Makkah region as well as ensuring supply to areas without water at a cost of more than SR9 billion ($2.4 billion). The projects include the construction of the desalination plant in Jeddah (phase 4) with reverse osmosis (RO) at Shoaiba, the transfer of technology and the purchase of produced water through the establishment of a multi-desalination plant at the Shoaiba power and desalination plant, the Shoaiba Mina water transfer system (B). The second phase in Taif, manufacture and supply of […] Jeddah and Makkah region’s water infrastructure to be expanded at a cost of SR9 billionDME GmbH2017-12-15T13:50:22+01:00
Thermal desal unit planned in Tuticorin power plant – Chennai – India Thermal power plants are major water guzzlers, exerting tremendous pressure on fresh water resources. So, to find a solution to this complex problem in which one can’t decide between power and water, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is advocating the concept of producing their own water with the help of a cheaper and reliable Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) technology developed by the Chennai-based National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT). M Rajeevan Nair, secretary, MoES, told Express that the government was planning to use the LTTD technology in all thermal plants located close to the coast. The […] Thermal desal unit planned in Tuticorin power plant – Chennai – IndiaDME GmbH2017-12-07T09:23:19+01:00
US company Oasys Water to sale forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after cash-flow issue US company Oasys Water is exploring a sale of its forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after its cash-flow has run dry. The company became a much-needed success story for the niche FO technology, winning numerous industry awards and securing multiple rounds of funding. So what happened? The company was founded in 2008 by Rob McGinnis, developing technology which began at Yale University under Dr Menachem Elimelech. McGinnis then directed technology development as CTO until 2012. The firm closed $10 million in Series A financing in 2009 and raised a further $15 million in Series B funding five years later […] US company Oasys Water to sale forward osmosis (FO) technology IP after cash-flow issueDME GmbH2017-12-07T08:43:07+01:00
Geothermal energy project also for desalination, MOU signed – Santorini – Greece … Last week, it was announced that the development of the geothermal fields of (the island of) Santorini and the management of the urban waste of the region goes to PPC Renewables following a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Nektarios Santorinis , Mayor of Thera, Anastasios-Nikolaos Zorzos and the CEO of PPC Renewables , Elias Monachia and approved by the Municipal Council of Thira. More specifically, PPC Renewables will undertake the possibility of developing geothermal energy on the island for power generation, heating, cooling, seawater desalination and use for hot springs. […] Geothermal energy project also for desalination, MOU signed – Santorini – GreeceDME GmbH2017-12-07T08:32:10+01:00