두바이 기반의 물 기술 회사인 Metito가 TPTec가 특허낸 저열 증류(LTD) 기술을 개발하기 위해 클린테크회사 열 정화기술(TPTec)에 ‘중요한 투자’를 할 준비를 마쳤다. Metito는 LTD 기술이 현재의 멤브레인과 열 담수화 기술을 대체할 수 있다고 주장한다.

LTD 기술은 해수와 폐수를 탈염하기 위해 저급의 폐열을 배열한다. Metito에 따르면 LTD는 고염분 지하수와 오염수를 처리할 수 있다. 또한, Metito는 LTD를 아시아와 아프리카 전역의 시장에 처음으로 소개하고 개발하도록 도울 계획이라고 밝혔다.

 

 

 

Dubai-based water technology firm, Metito, is set to make a "significant investment" in clean-tech company Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec), to develop TPTec's patented low-temperature distillation (LTD) technology. Metito claims LTD could displace existing membrane and thermal desalination technologies. 

 

Water technology firm Metito, is set to make a "significant investment" in clean-tech company Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec), to develop TPTec's patented low-temperature distillation (LTD) technology which Metito claims could displace existing membrane and thermal desalination technologies.

LTD deploys low-grade waste heat to desalinate seawater and wastewater. According to Metito, LTD is capable of treating high-saline and polluted water. Metito said it will introduce, and help develop, LTD initially in markets across Asia and Africa, where the feasibility of desalination and the energy production resources required for water and wastewater purification are in short supply. In deploying low-tempeature heat from waste and renewable souces LTD is particularly suited to emerging markets said Metito.

 

Bassem Halabi, Metito Group Business Development Director, said: "LTD has the potential to redefine the practice of thermal desalination as it not only offers advanced benefits over existing thermal and membrane technologies, but it also provides significant energy and cost savings compared to other technologies."

 

Metito said it had the "scale, expertise and financial backing" " to bring on LTD "to become a mainstream solution". It pointed to its heavyweight shareholders who include Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Gulf Capital and the International Finance Corporation.

 

The technology can be retrofitted to existing plants to optimise processes,that produce waste heat without incurring huge investments said Metito. While LTD typically might be used in conjunction with other technologies, Metito said it foresees it quickly displacing current reverse osmosis and thermal desalination technologies.

 

"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," Metito said.

 

Metito's compelling shareholder base that includes Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Gulf Capital and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Group has the scale, expertise and financial backing" to bring on LTD "to become a mainstream solution".

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 11월 28일]