Technology Transfer Workshop, El Paso, TX, 12/07/10
Matches: 17
WRF Concentrate Research
Inland desalination and concentrate management. Where concentrate disposal is constrained or restricted industry is increasingly viewing it as a resource rather than a waste. Discussion of cost for various, and some innovative processes employed to recover all of the concentrate as potable water and solids Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) desalination...
Removal of Microconstitutents by NF/RO: A Summary of Recent Research
Understanding micro constituent rejection by Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF). Characterizing the realm of microconstituents and the contaminant properties relative to the membrane properties. Discussing bulk liquid properties and the interaction of all properties on the membranes performance....
Special Applications for Drinking Water Membranes
Discussion of the five basic membrane technologies: MF, UF, NF, RO and ED; and the general class of membrane treatment capabilities. Examples of special treatment considerations in understanding how various drinking water membrane are utilized innovative applications....
Alamogordo Regional Water Supply: New Mexico's First Large-Scale Municipal Desalination Project
Alamogordo Regional Water Supply, New Mexico's first large scale municipal desalination project located in the Tularosa Basin at the foot of the Sacramento Mountains. The reverse osmosis plant will operate at 80% recovery producing 2.8 MGD and act as a ?peaking? facility. The concentrate is expected to be around 8,400 mg/l TDS disposed of through ...
Deep Well Injection for Concentrate Disposal - Overview
Deep well injection for concentrate disposal. Discussion of site characterization, well construction, surface facilities, regulatory compliance, project and permitting cost....
Public Education: the Keys to Acceptance
Conservation is key component of El Paso's 50 year water resource management plan. Education in water conservation programs provides a sustainable potable supply and saves El Paso TX over $500 million in deferred capital and operating cost....
Turbochargers for BWRO Systems
Energy recovery systems for brackish reverse osmosis (RO) plants. Advantages of energy recover in improving energy efficiency and balancing membrane flux between 1st and 2nd stages. Discussion of turbochargers and Isobaric energy recovery devises....
Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District
Horizon City, TX case study for 2 MGD brackish reverse osmosis treatment with irrigation concentrate disposal....
Treating Extreme pH Waters with Membranes
Reverse osmosis treats process water from a refining application. Process water consist of heavy metals and 98% sulfuric acid. Process water with an extreme pH of 1.8 require special operating conditions including, among other things, a clean water on shutdown....
RO Membrane Cleaning
Factors impacting cleaning Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Nanofiltration (NF) membranes...
Brackish Water Resources of New Mexico
Surface and ground water resources of New Mexico. Discussion of requirements, cost, water rights, treatment technologies and concentrate management....
Controlling Process Integrity and Treatment Costs through Automated and Online Monitoring
Application of precision analytical techniques in detection and online monitoring of metal contaminates such as arsenic at the City of Scottsdale, AZ, Chaparral WTP and selenium at MinJiang Water Plant, Shuangliu County, Sichuan Province, P.R. China. Automated full online data acquisition and control with accurate, reliable results....
Quantitative Risk Assessment: Promoting Public Health through Membrane Technology
Promoting membrane technology through quantitative risk assessment for public health. Risk assessment of cryptosporidium in drinking water and membrane removal vs conventional treatment. Risk assessment of TTHMs removal from drinking water and number of cancer cases prevented per one million consumers....
Concentrate Volume Reduction
Reverse osmosis concentrate volume reduction scenarios and associated challenges for inland desalting plants. Economic evaluation in cost vs. recovery. Zero liquid discharge (ZLD) discussion....
ZDD Technology
Zero discharge desalination (ZDD) update from the University of Texas, El Paso. Explanation of electro dialysis (ED) vs. electro dialysis metathesis (EDM). EDM is the heart of the ZDD process in dealing with difficult Tularosa Basin (New Mexico) ground water that contains gypsum CaSO4....
Concentration of Supersaturated BWRO Concentrate with Electrodialysis
Concentration of supersaturated brackish reverse osmosis (BRO) concentrate with electro dialysis (ED) research study by the University of Texas, El Paso. Simulated system recoveries were improved from 75-80% to 88-94% adding ED to the treat the concentrate....
Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility
Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF), located in Alamogordo, NM, is managed by U.S. Dept. of Interior Bureau of Reclamation. It is a new federal facility were researchers work to develop cost effective desalination technologies bridging the gap between science and engineering to speed water supply enhancing techniq...