A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater. The sought-after development could aid the millions of people without ready access to clean drinking water. The promising graphene oxide sieve could be highly efficient at filtering salts, and will now be tested against existing desalination membranes. It has […]
Novel Desalination Process Promises Lower Energy Cost, Higher Recovery, and Less Brine Discharge New Haven, CT — Yale researchers are building a pilot-scale plant to demonstrate a novel forward osmosis desalination process. The project, led by Professor Menachem Elimelech and graduate students Robert L. McGinnis and Jeffery R. McCutcheon, will feature a process that differs […]
In a recent study published in the Journal of Membrane Science, MIT professor John Lienhard and postdoc Ronan McGovern, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, reported that, contrary to popular support, forward osmosis desalination of seawater is significantly less energy efficient, compared to reverse osmosis. In forward osmosis, water is drawn from the seawater into […]
Hydrochem Saudi, a division of Singapore-based water and energy solutions provider Hyflux, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saline Water Conversion (SWCC) to develop three seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants in Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the MoU, the firm will design, build, supply, test and commission the plants in Duba, Wajh […]
