Abstract Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermally driven membrane process for the separation of vapour from a liquid stream through a hydrophobic, microporous membrane. However, a commercial breakthrough on a large scale has not been achieved so far.Specific developments on MD technology are required to adapt the technology for applications […]
Abstract The development of small to medium size, autonomous and robust desalination units is needed to establish an independent water supply in remote areas. This is the motivation for research on alternative desalination processes. Membrane distillation (MD) seems to meet the specific requirements very well. This work is focused on […]
Dear Partners, respected Customers, SolarSpring GmbH was founded on February 3rd, 10 years ago. Four employees from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems had the vision of making water available anywhere in the world. What we have achieved so far: Well over 250 membrane distillation modules built Systems installed […]
Operational analysis of a full-scale module – New strategies for wetting mitigation Abstract Membrane distillation (MD) is a thermal separation process which possesses a hydrophobic, microporous membrane as vapor space. A high potential application for MD is the concentration of hypersaline brines, such as e.g. reverse osmosis retentateor other saline effluents to be concentrated to a near saturation level with […]
Dear Partners, respected Customers, from the 14th-18th of May, SolarSpring was at the international trade fair for environmental technologies IFAT in Munich. Needless to say, we made a lot of great new contacts and really enjoyed interacting with the crowd. We look forward to following up with all the new membrane distillation […]
Dear Partners, respected Customers, for several reasons, we are very lucky that our new Membrane Distillation Lab has a great view into nature. Reason one, we will be spending a lot of time here in the next months, testing new MD channel setups and feed solutions. Reason two, the “garden […]
Dear Partners, respected Customers, You have not heard from us in a long time? Apologies, but recent events have been keeping us very busy. SolarSpring moved to a great new and better venue, we have developed and entirely new product and have a brand new webpage….plus a trip to South […]
In January 2017, we installed our MDLab research unit at the Spanish CIEMAT-Plataforma Solar de Almería. The Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA) is one of Europe’s leading research institutes in the field of solar technology research, development and testing.
SolarSpring ist stolzer Partner von Covestro bei dem “Re-Salt” Projekt. Das Projekt beschäftigt sich mit der Wiedergewinnung von Salz (NaCl), welches in industriellem Abwasser enthaltenen ist, und dessen Rückführung als Rohstoff in die Chlor-Alkali-Elektrolyse sowie der Weiterverwertung des anfallenden Wassers. Die Forschung im Rahmen des Re-Salt Projektes umfasst folgende Punkte: […]
The SolarSpring GmbH Membrane Solutions team has moved offices! We’re now located at the “Freiburg Solarhaus” at Christaweg 40, 79114 Freiburg, Germany. This building is a pilot-project of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. It generates all required energy through the solar panels around its outside walls, and is […]
