Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TODE20240425004
- Term of Validity
- 5 June 2024 - 5 June 2025
- Company's Country
- Germany
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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A German SME developed novel seawater desalination technology for the use by companies, hotels or small communities even in remote areas areas.
It can be powered by any renewable energy source without need for energy buffer systems. The produced water is of best quality and can be used for drinking and industrial purposes. The technology is interesting for plants or communities even in remote areas. Commercial agreement with technical assistance or research cooperation agreements are possible. - Full Description
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A research orientated company from the north-eastern part of Germany has designed a novel seawater desalination technology. The unique technology is based on the well-known process of mechanical vapour compression. This robust technology can be attached to any energy source, making off-grid renewable energy available for seawater desalination.
Through replacing the traditional chemical seawater pre-treatment by a proprietary electro dialytic process, desalination becomes truly non-polluting. The produced water can be used for both drinking and industrial purposes.
The concept of the patented ecological desalination technology has been proven. The first plant is operating on the island of Rügen, Germany. The water produced has an outstanding quality and the brine output is considerably lower than with other desalination technologies. The brine is free of added chemicals. It can be also exploited for salt recovery.
The unique technology is particularly aligned to the conditions and necessities of remote areas and islands in southern EU and Mediterranean countries and around the world. The entire desalination plant will come pre-installed in two 40.-ft containers. This will make it particularly easy to install in remote and in difficult to access coastal areas and islands.
The ecological valuation shows that the technology complies by far the best with the environmental requirements of sustainable development. Its higher water recovery rate produces 40% less of brine compared to reverse osmosis technology. Taking the option for salt recovery as valuable asset, the brine discharge comes to less than 10 % and increases considerably the economic outcome, the reduced specific energy consumption provided. - Advantages and Innovations
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The technology is innovative and novel on global level and shows multitude of advantages:
It is a proven technology with:
- With high economy standard and a very long lifetime cycles of all components
- Needs very low maintenance, no chemical additives
- Produces the purest water of constantly high water quality
- Is Pollution free and environmental friendly
- Can be directly powered by renewable energy plants
- Can be used independently from the location
It is aligned with the production of high quality potable water:
- Up to maximum of 500 m³ / day and unit
- No filtration of incoming water
- Excellent water quality, usable as source for table water too
- Desalination also up to extreme high mineral content
Besides the water, also high-quality salt can be produced:
- Direct production of salt through evaporation from brine
- Incoming brine with salinity up to 10%
- Reduction of Saline size by 1/3
- Zero liquid discharge possible
- Extra benefit from salt production ensured by our technology
The plant uses different sources of energy:
- Conventional generated electrical surplus energy
- Regenerative energy exclusively: Wind energy converters; Photovoltaic systems; Biodiesel
Stage - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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Companies or small communities interested in the technology f.e.
- Remote hotels or communities that are facing problems of drinking water supply
- Companies or communities that are looking for options to produce table water independently from ground or spring
water
- Companies that are seeking to obtain feedstock from seawater and could reduce costs using concentrated seawater
- Companies that want to directly use sea water concentrates (for example for wellness issues)
- Companies that need to treat solid-bearing mediums or seawater concentrate with electro dialysis. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 13: Climate Action
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- IPR status
- IPR granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Companies and communities should be interested to produce table water independently
from ground or spring water / or to want directly use seawater concentrates (for example for wellness issues).
The company wants to enter new markets, in particular in semiarid coastal areas or islands. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- Other
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 10002006 - Ecology
- 10002007 - Environmental Engineering / Technology
- Market keywords
- 09003001 - Engineering services
- 05009002 - Fish health
- Sector Groups Involved
- Maritime Industries and Services
- Targeted countries
- All countries