Hydranautics To Play Major Role In Tampa Bay Desal Project |
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World's Leader in Membrane Technology Key to Largest Desal Effort in the Americas Oceanside, CA…Hydranautics, the world's leader in membrane technology, announces that it has recently completed negotiations for the Tampa Bay, Florida Desalination Project. The project is the largest potable desalination plant of its kind in the United States. It will treat up to 25 million gallons per day of water and is projected to be on-line by the end of 2002. Covanta Water of Fairfield, New Jersey will design, build and operate the facility. The project was developed and will be owned by Tampa Bay Desal, LLC, an affiliate of Poseidon Resources of Stamford, Connecticut. Tampa Bay Water, the local water authority, will purchase and distribute the water to users in the greater Tampa Bay region. Hydranautics will supply the project with SWC (Seawater Composite) and ESPA (Energy Savings Polyamide) membranes that offer the best combination of flow and rejection available. The reverse osmosis (RO) seawater system at Tampa Bay Desal incorporates new design features that significantly reduce capital costs and power consumption during the desalting process. The use of Covanta's proprietary DualSand process for the pre-treatment of the water will add to the overall efficiency of the project. The system will use Hydranautics' newly patented design that operates at 60% seawater recovery. This unique configuration takes advantage of the internal separation of the permeate into low and high salinity streams, reducing the size of the second pass. The benefit is immediate and long term because of lower capital and operational costs. In addition, the Hydranautics' patented
design uses 8 elements connected in series to significantly reduce the
number of pressure vessels and size of the RO trains. Hydranautics' innovative
design is one example among many of the breadth and depth of products
and services from the technology leader. |