CCD(Closed Circuit Desalination) 기술을 기초로 한 RO 담수화 기술의 공급사인 Desalitech는 리베리안 캐피털사로부터 500만 달러 펀드 지원을 받게 되었으며 이로서 전체 투자금은 1천300만 달러로 증가했다.
이 투자금으로 Desalitech사의 성장을 도모하며 high recovery 및 low cost 기반의 산업용수처리 시장의 선도자적 위치를 강화하게 되었다. CCD 시스템은 기존 RO 처리의 75% 회수율보다 매우 높은 97%의 회수율을 보여주며 에너지 사용량도 RO 에서의 2∼3kWh/톤 에 비하여 1.5kWh/톤으로 매우 경제적인 기술이다. 이 기술은 특리 산업용·농업용 수처리 분야에서 청정한 물의 공급 및 배출수의 처리 비용에 따른 부담을 줄일 수 있는 기술이라고 Dealitech 측에서 발표하고 있다.
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Desalitech secures another US$ 5 million funding
Desalitech, provider of Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD™) reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination technology, announced on 11 June 2013 that it secured an additional US$ 5 million equity funding from Liberation Capital and its institutional investors.
This increases the private equity firm's total investment to US$ 9.5 million and brings the total amount raised by the company to over US$ 13 million. The funds will be used to accelerate Desalitech's growth and strengthen its position as a leading supplier of high-recovery low-cost industrial water treatment solutions.
CCD systems have achieved over 97% recovery whereas traditional RO systems typically operate at only 75% recovery. CCD systems are desalinating seawater with 1.5 kWh/m³ energy, compared with 2-3 kWh/m³ with state-of-the-art conventional RO. Similar savings percentages have been achieved with CCD systems in industrial water and effluent treatment applications.
"Desalitech has developed a superior and differentiated technology to meet the growing and irreversible market demand for high efficiency and high recovery," said Jeff Garwood, managing director of Liberation Capital. "Their solutions are ideal for industrial and agricultural water treatment, where fresh water supply and effluent disposal costs have become a burden, or even a limiting factor in many cases."
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