The goal of the two-year project is to design a more efficient water production process with a higher recovery rate, lower energy consumption and less waste volume.
The R&D Project complements Singapore government’s effort to thrive in the global environment and water industry and for which it also committed SGD330m in 2006, to see the nation emerge as a global hydrohub.
Anthony Fane, director of SMTC at NTU, said: “NTU’s Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) is pleased to partner Kemira, a leading global company in water treatment chemistry to develop more efficient and cost effective membrane desalination and reclamation technologies.
“As a leader in membrane technology research, SMTC is well placed to partner Kemira to develop novel water technologies that are not only efficient but also energy saving. These new technologies are expected to benefit countries like Singapore that are dependent on reclaimed and desalinated water sources.”
