SolarSpring Newsletter: ERA-NET Project Grant for Elimination of Contaminants from Wastewater Treatment Plants
ERA-NET Project Grant for Elimination of Contaminants from Wastewater Treatment Plants ERA-NET project grant for the project “SERPIC” joins eight international partners in their efforts to eliminate contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens at the outlet of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and thus mitigating their spreading into the environment including the ocean. SolarSpring GmbH – […]
SolarSpring Newsletter: Water and salt recovery from stockpile leachate
Water and salt recovery from stockpile leachate on the basis of a combined membrane distillation-crystallization process SolarSpring GmbH will receive a total grant amount of 233,254.00 euros in the three-year term for the project named „HaSiMem“ which is supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). Five partners including 2 SMEs, one research […]
SolarSpring Newsletter: Innovative pilot project launched at the municipal wastewater treatment in Forchheim
Innovative pilot project launched at the municipal wastewater treatment in Forchheim South-West German Federal Environmental Foundation supports development of pilot system © AZV Breisgauer Bucht, Forchheim (Germany) A pilot system for the energy efficient recovery of ammonia from municipal wastewater using membrane distillation technology was commissioned at the beginning of October. The partnership project […]
German engineering for clean water all over the world
On March 23, 2020, ISHE AB acquired 100% of the German company SolarSpring GmbH. Read more about the recent successful and international projects conducted by the Fraunhofer ISE spin-off. In Germany, 25 percent of the fresh water consumed each year is used for industrial purposes. SolarSpring GmbH from Freiburg has developed a solution for the […]
SolarSpring Publications: Techno-economic comparison of membrane distillation and MVC in a zero liquid discharge application
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 in which its properties can […]
SolarSpring Papers: Membrane distillation: Solar and waste heat driven demonstration plants for desalination
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 experimental studies on full scale […]
SolarSpring Newsletter: 10 years SolarSpring!
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 in over 20 countries More […]
SolarSpring Publications: Air gap membrane distillation for hypersaline brine concentration
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 a Zero Liquid Discharge process chain. In […]
SolarSpring Newsletter: Its Mai, which is a month Full of All new Things!
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 and ultrafiltration enthusiasts which we […]
SolarSpring Newsletter: A Lab with a view
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 view” relaxes the mind and […]
