Technology - Membrane & Filtration

Membrane plant to get free pilot study

H2O Innovation has selected a Texas surface water treatment facility from among more than twenty plants that had submitted applications to receive a free, three-month pilot study of its ClearlogX...

Process design tool for RO pretreatment systems launched

A basic tenet of RO system design is that the pretreatment system performance will define the success of the entire system. If the potential foulants are not successfully eliminated, and if the...

The dirtier the better

H2O Innovation acquired ClearlogX—a patented technology that controls the feed of specialty membrane chemicals to optimize performance and reduce fouling—last October. To promote the technology at...

High solids UF increases performance

Pentair X-Flow reports that the first commercial system to install its new Helix tubular UF membrane product saw an immediate improvement in the system’s performance. According to Frans Knops, the...

Pall and Desalitech sign partnership agreement

Pall Corporation and Massachusetts-based Desalitech have announced that they have entered into a partnership that makes Pall a preferred integrator and supplier of Desalitech RO products. The...

Lanxess' two new BWRO membrane products to launch in MTC

Germany’s Lanxess is introducing two new BWRO membrane products at this week’s MTC. The 8-inch diameter elements are characterized as providing low-energy, high fouling resistance...

Firms sign deal to integrate MSF & FO

UK-based Modern Water and Bilfinger Deutsche Babcock Middle East have signed an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize a process that will employ forward osmosis (FO) to osmotically dilute...

2015 results please Membrane supplier

During last year’s AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference (MTC), Beijing’s Scinor Water Ltd formally launched its US presence as Scinor Water America. The company made a bit of a splash by...

Gently used SWRO for sale

A Hawaiian-based auctioneering company is offering a used,80,000 GPD (303 m3/d) containerized SWRO system for sale. According to DaveBrandt of Oahu Auctions, theunit was built by Severn Trent in...

Sounding Session held for RO project

More than 150 people attended a Sounding Session to introduce PUB’s Marina East Desalination Project this past Friday. During the two-hour event, PUB presented technical and commercial aspects of...