디잴리테크(Desalitech)는 서던캘리포니아에디슨(SCE, Southern California Edison)과 첨두전력(peak power)발전스테이션에 ‘ReFlex’ 수처리 시스템 5대를 공급·설치하는 공급계약을 체결했다.

디잴리테크에 따르면 ‘ReFlex’ RO 시스템은 적어도 90%의 회수율을 보장한다. 관계자는 “전통적인 RO 시스템과 비교했을 때 물 소비와 폐수 발생을 확연하게 줄일 수 있다”고 설명했다. 또 이 시스템은 운영에 필요한 에너지가 최대 35%까지 덜 소요되며, 캘리포니아 남부에서 많은 수처리 시스템의 방해요소인 실리카 비례축소(silica scaling)에 대한 저항력이 더 우수하다.

 

 

 

Desalitech has won a contract with Southern California Edison (SCE) to supply five of its ReFlex water treatment systems for installation at SCE's peak power generating stations in California. 

 

The ReFlex reverse osmosis systems are, according to Desalitech, guaranteed to provide at least 90% recovery, "significantly reducing water consumption and wastewater generation compared to traditional reverse osmosis systems, which generate two to three times more wastewater." The systems require "up to 35% less energy to operate" and offer greater resistance to silica scaling which plagues many water treatment systems in Southern California. 

 

SCE's peak plant, purify water for use in the gas turbines that drive the generation sets. Desalitech said the systems will reduce environmental impact and significantly reduce water treatment operating costs. The SCE plant are sited within a 60km radius of Los Angeles.

 

California industries are implementing urgently, initiatives to reduce water consumption following a statewide mandate, in April, 2015, to reduce water use by 25%.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 11월 3일]