Saltworks Technologies is positioned to revolutionize the desalination industry with a breakthrough technology that uses far less energy than current commercial processes.
Saltworks’ proof-tested process employs an innovative thermo-ionic energy conversion system. The energy reduction is achieved by harnessing low-temperature heat and atmospheric dryness to overcome the desalination energy barrier. The system works best in dry regions that need water.
Saltworks President Joshua Zoshi said, “A desalination technology powered by atmospheric dryness is very much needed during these times of increasing water stress, energy price volatility, and carbon impact concerns.”
Current desalination processes remain highly energy intensive and costly to operate. In the last 50 years, there have been major advancements in the desalination sector, but so far high energy use is still the major roadblock in desalting water.
Global Water Intelligence (GWI), a leading industry tracker, states that “the greatest challenge for the desalination industry is to increase the energy efficiency of the process faster than the price of generating electricity from fossil fuels.”
Ben Sparrow, CEO and the inventor of the technology is excited to finally unveil the product of the company’s hard work.
“We’ve been working on the technology for a number of years and are excited to cut the ribbon on our fully functional seawater-based pilot plant, built largely from low-cost components and with the capability to process the troublesome waste from existing desalination plants.”
Both Mr. Sparrow and Mr. Zoshi will time the public release of Saltworks with a presentation at the World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse in Dubai early November 2009.
Saltworks Technologies is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refining. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks’ solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in Richmond, BC, Canada, Saltworks’ team designs, builds, and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive onsite and offsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
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Electrodialysis (ED) technology is the second most widely used membrane desalination technology and has been developed since the 1960s for a wide range of industrial applications.
Treating RO brine optimally begins with utilizing lower-cost membrane systems to minimize volume for downstream processing. Clients must then decide between the available thermal treatment options that allow for brine concentration or treating down to solids for disposal.
The many options for managing brine, a term for saline wastewater from industrial processes, fall under two categories: brine treatment and brine disposal. Brine treatment involves desalinating the brine for reuse and producing a concentrated brine (lower liquid waste volume), or residual solids (zero liquid discharge).