APPLICATION OF ADVANCED MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR TREATMENT OF WATER AND VARIOUS EFFLUENTS
Description
Available know-how, laboratory equipment and pilot units for application of Micro-Filtration (MF), Ultra-filtration (UF), Nano-Filtration (NF) and Reverse Osmosis (RO) to the treatment of potable water and of practically all kinds of liquid effluents.
Applications / Novel Characteristics
- Improvement of potable water quality. Removal of all types of toxic substances (heavy metals, pesticides, nitrates, etc.).
- Treatment of industrial effluents for useful materials recovery and water reuse.
- Novel processes (based on MBR-Membrane Bio-Reactors) for municipal effluent treatment and water recycling.
Possible users / Customers
- Industry: Applications to cope with all types of effluents (chemical industry, food processing, textile plants, etc.).
Municipal water and sewerage companies and various water treatment SME’s.
Examples
- Phosphorus Fertilizers Industry, Greece: Industrial effluents treatment for recovering useful materials and water recycling.
APPLICATION OF ADVANCED MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR TREATMENT OF WATER AND VARIOUS EFFLUENTS
Description
Available know-how and special laboratory equipment and pilot units including UF, NF, RO systems for the design of new, and problem identification and improvement of operating, membrane desalination plants.
Applications / Novel Characteristics
- Improvement of potable water quality. Removal of all types of toxic substances (heavy metals, pesticides, nitrates, etc.).
- Treatment of industrial effluents for useful materials recovery and water reuse.
- Novel processes (based on MBR-Membrane Bio-Reactors) for municipal effluent treatment and water recycling.
Possible users / Customers
- Industry: Applications to cope with all types of effluents (chemical industry, food processing, textile plants, etc.).
- Municipal water and sewerage companies and various water treatment SME’s.
Examples
- Phosphorus Fertilizers Industry, Greece: Industrial effluents treatment for recovering useful materials and water recycling.
APPLICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR BRACKISH AND SEA-WATER DESALINATION
Description
Available know-how and special laboratory equipment and pilot units including UF, NF, RO systems for the design of new, and problem identification and improvement of operating, membrane desalination plants.
Applications / Novel Characteristics
- Study and application of specialized systems for treating degraded (brackish, polluted) water sources.
- Identification and mitigation of membrane fouling, due to organic substances, colloids, salts etc.
- Special autopsies of used membrane elements to diagnose operating problems.
- Study of feed-water pretreatment for membrane processes.
Possible users / Customers
- Industrial desalination plants, with various feed waters.
- Municipal water and sewerage companies, for utilization of brackish and/or polluted water sources.
- Industry and SME’s dealing with filter media, membranes, desalination units, etc.
Examples
- Maxit SA, Norway: Pilot studies and assessment of special filter media for pre-treatment of sea-water.
- Aramco, S. Arabia: Reverse Osmosis membrane treatment for improved performance
- Caramondani Desalination Plants, Cyprus: Special autopsies of RO membranes