Department of Reverse Osmosis
The Department of Reverse Osmosis is focused on the following:
- Developing the operation of membrane based desalination.
- Evaluating the different types of membranes.
- Developing the different technologies of pre-treatment.
- Opening and washing membranes to reuse them.
- Designing membrane operation in reverse osmosis stations.
Main achievements of the Department of Reverse Osmosis:
- Developing a new method of using an accurate membrane based technology in a commercially operated station and for the first time in the water desalination industry.
- Examining optimal conditions of highly accurate membranes and finding material deposits after treatment of seawater.
- Starting the Al Barak station which uses the reverse osmosis technology by supplying it with water from shore wells.
- Studying optimal coordination for nano membranes and increasing the level of extraction to 90%, which helps lower its operational and investment cost.
- Using base nano membranes to remove boron from seawater and registering for international and American patents.
- Preparing for the assessment of a high extraction level reverse osmosis unit to reduce cost of production of desalinated water.
