Project #1391

Emerging Energy Reducing Technologies for Desalination Applications

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Completed
Principal Investigator
Joseph
Jacangelo
Research Manager
Ms. Kristan VandenHeuvel
Contractor
Stantec
Energy Optimization
Desalination
Treatment

Abstract

This project evaluated two emerging desalination technologies that showed promise for at least 10-15% savings in specific energy consumption during seawater desalination. The project consisted of a literature review and a pilot-scale evaluation of TFN RO membranes and the semi-batch RO process. Pilot-scale evaluations of TFN RO membranes were conducted at West Basin Municipal Water District’s Ocean Water Demonstration Facility using seawater from the Pacific Ocean. A pilot-scale evaluation of the semi-batch RO process was conducted at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) facility in Tel Aviv, Israel. Published by WE&RF. 194 pages. Online PDF. (2016)

Originally funded as WERF project Desal-11-04.