Water. Desalination + reuse
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BUSINESS | 14 | Desalination & Water Reuse | May-June 2015 RoSatom toUtS NUclEaR aNd dESalINatIoN packagES IN oVERSEaS dRIVE Russia's nuclear power company Rosatom is aiming to sell integrated large nuclear power and desalination plants overseas through its export arm, Rosatom Overseas. Rosatom Overseas head, Dzhomart Aliyev, unveiled the plan recently saying there was "a significant potential in foreign markets". The announcement followed Russia and Egypt's signing of an agreement to develop a design for a nuclear-powered combined plant producing electricity and potable water through desalination using multiple-effect distillation (MED). Egypt had been looking at vendor-financed construction for two reactors at El Dabaa, which was said to be suitable for up to eight large units. Rosatom was understood to have offered to build two 1,200 MW reactors as part of a combined power and desalination plant. And Iran's plans to expand the Bushehr nuclear power plant with further Russian technology was understood to include two desalination units. And an agreement between Argentina and Russia included desalination with nuclear power cooperation. Allev described the joint power and desalination option as "a new product of the Russian nuclear industry. "We are paying great attention to expansion of our product range, including desalination facilities integrated with small modular reactor plants and floating nuclear power plants." SWcc IN dEal foR adVaNcEd dESalINatIoN tEchNology tRaNSfER WIth koREa Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has signed a deal with South Korea for access to the latest seawater desalination technologies in a bid to reduce foreign influence on the kingdom's power and water industries. SWCC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea's government-funded research programme, Global MVP, to create a framework for mutual co-operation and promote the knowledge and transfer of technology. Areas of co-operation will include membrane distillation, pressure-retarded osmosis, and valuable resource recovery. As well as development techniques for desalination, the framework will also aim to create new ways for cost reduction. Global MVP manages the research and development of desalination technologies focusing on decreasing the environmental impact of discharged brine. EVoqUa to doUBlE oUtpUt at majoR US plaNt Evoqua Water Technologies is to double its capacity to produce its range of water treatment products at one of its main production facilities in the US. Evoqua has started building a new factory in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to replace its existing manufacturing in the state at nearby Lowell. It will expand the Lowell centre into the vacated manufacturing space to accelerate commercialization of the company's new technologies. The Tewksbury facility will manufacture a range of water treatment products including its Ionpure continuous electrodeionization (CEDI) modules; new products based on its new electrochemical desalination technology; and its impressed current cathodic protection product, Capac. The new research and development capabilities will include pilot production for new products prior to being placed into full manufacturing around the world. The Tewksbury and Lowell expansions were expected to be operational in the spring of 2015. Evoqua said the expansion was largely prompted by global market demand for its CEDI technology. CEDI technology is used in process and product water treatment where reverse osmosis alone cannot provide the high degree of purity required, the company explained. It said the technology was widely used in the power, electronics, and pharmaceutical industries as well as in specialty laboratories. "The range of applications for our CEDI technology is widening and we are seeing the trend accelerate," said Evoqua's chief executive officer, Ron Keating. "There is a clear movement by OEMs and end users toward this purification method and we are expanding to meet that demand," he added. The Tewksbury facility – which employs some 50 production, operations support, engineering and procurement personnel – will be one of a dozen main production centres in the US. gE pRopoSES polIcy optIoNS IN SaUdI aRaBIa Unveiling a white paper highlighting government policy options for addressing water scarcity in Saudi Arabia, GE Power and Water said the kingdom was in a position to up its reuse of wastewater sevenfold to more than 240 million m 3 /year. Speaking at the Water Arabia 2015 Conference and Exhibition, president and chief executive officer of GE Power and Water, Heiner Markhoff, said: "One of the challenges in implementing efficient water recycling and reuse programmes is to find reliable data and information on policy options. The white paper presents strong policy options that are available to governments as well as how advanced technology platforms can help achieve the goal." The white paper describes four policy directions based on education and outreach, removing barriers, incentives, mandates and regulations. Co-author of the paper and government affairs leader for GE Power and Water, Jon Freedman, said the paper was "developed following extensive research of the kingdom's water landscape." The company said "research reports" showed that Saudi Arabia aimed to increase water reuse to more than 65% by 2020 and over 90% by 2040 by transforming its existing and planned wastewater treatment assets into water supplies. It said the Saudi government aimed to achieve 100% reuse of wastewater from cities with 5,000 inhabitants or more by 2025. "The kingdom has tremendous potential to enhance water reuse by over seven times to 241 million m 3 /year," added Jon Freedman. He said the paper "underlines our commitment to support Saudi Arabia in promoting water reuse, one of the strategies being adopted by the government to address increased demand." XpR tEchNology SEt foR laRgE SEaWatER REVERSE oSmoSIS INStallatIoNS Energy recovery device manufacturer, Isobarix has made what it called its "first milestone shipment" of its XPR-809 series device to Doosan Hydro Technology of Tampa, Florida. Doosan is to incorporate the XPR device in a 1,244 m 3 /d seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant that it s building for a Peruvian mining facility. It is also constructing a 8,000 m 3 /d SWRO plant for the Shuqaiq power plant in Saudi Arabia, which will require another four XPR-809 devices each operating at 1,700 l/min. Isobarix claimed its device provided 50% more unit flow than market leading technology by Energy Recovery. Isobarix said it has a contracted and installed XPR capacity in SWRO close to 30,000 m 3 /d, with most of it acquired last year. Isobarix president, Leif J Hauge, said: "I have no doubt our