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Raw water catchment is getting more and more important. Quality and quantity are driving technologies being applied later for a desalination process. The question is how to get stable conditions in volume and content of the raw water. Addressing this field of interest soon papers will be published in this section.

Designing a desalination plant is a tough challenge and requires technical knowledge and know-how. In order to reduce cost it is important to know the conception of causal rela-tion between the right pre- and post-treatment of water, the implementation of intake systems and pumps and the required result which means potable water. This seminar gives you a guideline of how to start your conception of a desalination plant. It leads you along the water flow through the plant and shows the right steps of treating water.

The intention of the seminar is to provide a comprehensive overview on MD from theoretical background to practical applications and to bring together researchers, MD system and component producers and companies who are potential applicants for MD technology. The seminar will provide details on the physics behind MD and show the advantages and limitations of the process. Possibilities for process optimization will be shown as well as the impact of membrane parameters. Practical results from the lab and from the field will be provided and potential applications for industrial use of MD will be discussed.

Fundamentals of Water Chemistry I&II, Analytical Methods with respect to Membrane Processes, Basic Principles of Pressure Driven Membrane Processes, Membrane Manufacturing and Characterization. Membrane System Concepts, Membrane Fouling and Scaling, Cleaning Concepts, Pre-Treatment and Process Combination Options, Post-Treatment and Concentrate Treatment Options.
Integrity Monitoring, Membrane Manufacturer, Engineering Companies and Worldwide Development, Membrane Process Applications and Practical Experiences, Alternative Concept: Membrane Distillation, Exercise I&II: Cost Evaluation for UF/MF and RO, Computer Aided Plant Design.

This seminar is primarily aimed at suppliers, consultants, engineers and investors. Also welcome are universities and staff of research centers and all those who want to acquire special know-how about desalination markets.

Desalination Plants with a capacity of 100.000 m³/day provide the population with drinking wa-ter via central networks. Plants with capacities of some 100 litres to some 500 m³/day secure the supply at decentralized sites without being con-nected to public supply mains. Many hotels and also local industry are heavily based on such sys-tems. The seminar is concentrated on decentral-ized and stand-alone desalination systems. The simple and robust handling of such plants will be the key subject. Most often energy consumption of small systems is not monitored. The seminar will have a close look at this area. Availability is the key in this business. Ordering tankers with water is always an expensive and unexpected situation. The seminar also points out how the independent energy supply of these systems se-cure the long-term water supply at decentralized sites, stressing the importance of such small plants.

The aim of the technology review presented in this study is to provide a profound data base allowing the evaluation of the status and the potential of desalination technologies within a medium-term time-scale of one decade starting in 2014. The basic idea is giving a tool which makes it possible to assess which desalination technology might have better chances to penetrate the market of tomorrow, which is mainly subdivided into multi-stage thermal desalination and reverse osmosis membrane desalination today.

Content: The energy consumption of desalination plants in general is very high and therefore energy is one of the biggest cost factor in desalination plants. How can such costs be reduced? The key word is “Energy Recovery - Energy Saving”! Energy Recovery is used in RO plants as well as in thermal plants. During the last years systems of energy recovery have been modernised. The latest developments include the use of new and alternative materials as well as new technologies of pumps, valves and steering components. This seminar gives an overview about the today’s commercially available Energy Recovery Systems. The latest innovations will be presented, apt for various plant sizes.

This Seminar addresses mainly representatives of politics, business and science, who want to acquire elementary technical and economical information about this important and rapidly growing branch. In the framework of selected speeches internationally recognised experts will present an overview on the most relevant desalination technologies and their application. Furthermore they will present markets, potentials and trends in research and development.

The digital desalination trade fair and forum opens its doors for you. With the participation of international companies such as Aqseptence, LGChem, Suez, Toray, Grundfos, Wilo, EnergyRecovery, Danfoss, Salinnova, FEDCO, Berghof, Lentech and many more, the international desalination industry meets digitally. The exhibition center is already open for you. You can find the link there here. Young start-ups like Streametric and universities from Germany and Brazil add fresh ideas. The fair is open for 12 hours, from 08:00 CEST to 20:00 CEST. Embedded in the trade fair is the well-known Desalination Forum in 4 parallel rooms with a total of 36 live lectures of 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes of Q&A. The 4 digital rooms open at 09:45 CEST and close at 16:00 CEST. All lectures will be recorded and will be available to registered participants afterwards.