Progress made in improvements to membrane and energy recovery devices that lower the energy requirement of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants.
GE Water president and CEO Heiner Markhoff said that the IPER system is designed to offer customers reliable uptime for their packaged desalination water treatment plants while reducing their energy costs in a significant and quantifiable way.
"IPER represents a major economic and technical break-through that is poised to help desalination operators play an even greater role in addressing the world’s mounting water scarcity problems," Markhoff added.
Water and Sewerage Corporation, a desalination facility in Tarpum Bay, Bahamas, has installed a pilot IPER system to demonstrate its efficiency and reliability.
