Case

Industrial water treatment

Wastewater management

Wastewater treatment

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Forward osmosis membranes for difficult wastewater streams

11. December 2012

Solution provider

Aquaporin

Aquaporin works to preserve the Earth’s most valuable resource – water – by combining advanced bioengineering, open innovation, and natural aquaporins, nature's own water purifiers, which they embed into water purification membranes and solutions.

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In this solution a high osmolarity draw solution, such as brine, is used in combination with the 1^st generation Aquaporin Inside™ membrane to up-concentrate aqueous solutions in a forward osmosis process. Aqueous solutions of commercial interest include:

Difficult wastewater streams, where the FO concentration process can reduce volumes of difficult wastewater streams containing for example high TDS or high urea
Pharmaceutical and biological product solutions, where the FO concentration process can concentrate delicate products at a lower energy cost without applying heat or mechanical stress
Liquid foodstuffs, where the FO concentration process concentrates foodstuffs without heat-induced loss of vitamins and flavors

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