향상된 열역학과 폐열을 사용하는 신생 열 담수화 기술이 Metito사에 의해 아시아와 아프리카에 소개될 예정이다.

수도관리 회사는 자사의 저열 증류(LTD) 솔루션을 소개하고 개발하기 위한 움직임의 일환으로 클린 기술 신생 열 정화기술(TPTec)을 위한 투자 준비를 마쳤다.

이 협정의 일환으로 Metito사는 독점적으로 아시아와 아프리카 전 시장에 LTD 기술을 소개하고 개발하도록 도울 수 있게 됐다.

한편, TPTec는 향상된 열역학과 폐열 개천을 사용해 깨끗한 물을 생산하는 기술이다.

 

 

 

A start-up thermal desalination technology that uses advanced thermodynamics and waste heat streams will be introduced across Asia and Africa by Metito.

 

The water management company is set to invest into clean-tech start up Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec) in a move to introduce and develop its Low Temperature Distillation (LTD) solution.

 

As part of the agreement, Metito will exclusively introduce and help develop LTD in markets across Asia and Africa.

 

TPTec uses advanced thermodynamics and waste heat stream(s) to produce pure water. LTD is said to be capable of treating “even high saline and/or polluted water in an efficient and robust manner”, according to Metito.

 

The thermal process is based on the principle of low temperature distillation and can be retrofitted to existing plants.

 

Thermal desalination processes (Multi-Stage Flash and Multi-Effect Distillation) have been a mainstay of potable water production in regions such as the Middle East.

 

Although thermal processes have been viewed as more robust, the decreasing cost of membranes has meant that seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) processes have been slowly accepted. Yet, outside of the Middle East, an ongoing discussion is whether reverse osmosis (RO) processes will eventually fully replace the thermal alternative.

 

Metito said the process is “very tolerant of salinity and is not limited to treating seawater, but also polluted water, brine from other desalination plants and various industrial wastewaters, including produced water from oil and gas exploration and mining which ordinarily can be problematic to deal with”.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 11월 17일]