Desalination

A new process for desalinating salt water increases output by 40% while reducing impact on the environment and offering low additional investment for customersMott MacDonald has developed a new process for desalinating salt water, on which a patent is pending.

Already implemented on the UAE’s Sharjah Layyah nano-filtration project, this innovative technical solution increases output by 40% while reducing impact on the environment and offering low additional investment for customers.

The innovation lies in a simple step change in the desalination process whereby an intra-extraction of distillate takes place at various steps before the last evaporator stage, resulting in more distillate being produced from the overall energy supply. This means that more distillate is produced using less seawater with the added bonus that water can be returned to the sea at a lower temperature, lessening the impact on the environment.

The process can be installed throughout the Gulf region – and with more than 2000 plants like Sharjah Layyah, business potential is looking good. We’re already applying it beyond the Gulf to plants in Libya, Algeria, Italy, Greece and Chile.