Bold Innovations in the Application of Ochemate NÜF Membranes: Exploring Applications in Seawater Desalination

Date|2024.07.26

The Qingdao International Water Conference was held as scheduled from July 3rd to July 5th. Experts, scholars, and industry peers from around the world gathered to discuss and exchange ideas, promoting the vigorous development of the water treatment industry. As a participant, Ochemate (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. shone brilliantly at the star-studded technical seminar.

On the afternoon of July 4th, during the special session on " Seawater desalination achievements display of Belt and Road Marine Cooperation Projects," Lei Yu, Senior Marketing Director of Ochemate, shared insights on the application of the NÜF membrane in seawater desalination. The innovative application development team continuously explored new fields, showcasing the superior performance and impressive treatment effects of the NÜF membrane through practical application.

In an experimental exploration of using the NÜF membrane as a pre-treatment for seawater, the membrane effectively retained over 70% of organic matter in seawater and nearly all turbidity substances. Additionally, under low pressure, it could retain at least 20% of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and over 70% of high-valence ions such as calcium, magnesium, and sulfate, which are prone to scaling. It can be inferred that pre-filtering seawater through the NÜF membrane before SWRO (Seawater Reverse Osmosis) would effectively reduce the osmotic pressure of the seawater, thereby lowering the operational pressure of the subsequent SWRO process, improving recovery rates and enhancing operational stability. Based on such experimental exploration, embedding the NÜF membrane into the process offers unlimited possibilities for reducing the salinity and microorganisms in SWRO feedwater, enhancing reverse osmosis membranes' recovery rate and operational stability. The NÜF membrane also shows excellent performance in municipal water supply quality improvement, advanced aquaculture wastewater treatment, and decolorization of dyeing wastewater.

End customers and engineering companies are pursuing energy-saving and consumption-reducing water treatment systems. To this end, there is a need to optimize traditional membrane water treatment processes, which will provide broad market space for Ochemate's ultra-low pressure, high-flow hollow fiber NÜF membrane.

At the same time, at the " Membrane Science and Technical Innovation (II)" themed sub-session, Christina Fang, Chairwoman of Ochemate, hosted a " Membrane Technology Development Summit Dialogue for the Future Water Resources." The participants included renowned experts from Belgium, Italy, and Germany, as well as leading scholars with outstanding achievements in the field of water treatment research. In a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, they shared their views, deeply exchanged the latest membrane water treatment technology research results, and discussed future development directions.

Through this conference, we believe Ochemate's professional team will leverage its advantage in integrating comprehensive resources to explore future application fields, creating more possibilities and contributing to the advancement of membrane water treatment technology!