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Low cost low energy technology to desalinate water into potable water
Start date:2005-12-01
End date:2008-08-31
Project Acronym:DESOL
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Siegfried |
FRAUNHOFER-TECHNOLOGIE-ENTWICKLUNGSGRUPPE (TEG), STUTTGART Hansastrasse 27 C MUNCHEN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BAYERN OBERBAYERN München, Kreisfreie Stadt |
| Tel:+49-7119703643 | |
| Fax:+49-7119703999 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.fraunhofer.de | Organization Type:Research |
Description
Objective:
In South of EU tourism is a main business on which up to 90% of employment depends on. Tourism requires ca. 300 Litres/pers./day of drinking water. The areas where most of the hotel resorts and secondary facilities are located scare on potable water. The available source of water is sea and groundwater which has to be desalinated too. Hotels and restaurants are mainly local SME business. Due to the high demand of potable water there is a threat to this increasing industry. SoA technology to desalinate water is Reverse Osmosis, which is expensive in invest and operation and due to the high electrical energy consumption not environmental friendly. The proposing SMEs have come together to develop DeSol as innovative, environmental friendly and efficient process that desalinates water using thermal energy at a low level which will be provided by solar collectors. The low temperature level of evaporation could be achieved through processing at vacuum pressure. Vacuum is generated through the water column in the effluent formed by the gravity of the condensed water. DeSol will be a highly competitive product with significant technological features: Evaporation at temperature of 60deg.C in a vacuum atmosphere generated by the gravity of effluent water column; Raw water charged by a maintenance free pump combining a piston pump with a directly coupled Stirling motor; Modular design for flexible adaptation to low or high capacities required by customers; Control and adjustment by hydro-thermo-mechanical systems to achieve energy efficiency of up to 92%. The system will be cost-efficient, save investment and energy, easy to be operated and designed for low maintenance efforts at a long life time. Innovation barriers have to be overcome to realise the self-adjusting the water column generating the vacuum; Pump driven by direct coupled
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Project Details
Start date:2005-12-01
End date:2008-08-31
Duration:33 months
Project Reference:17928
Project cost:1018484 EURO
Project Funding:527655 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP6-SME
Programme type:Sixth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology)
Contract type:No contract type
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Subject index:Scientific Research, Coordination, Cooperation, Policies, Innovation, Technology Transfer, Evaluation
Results for this Project
| Final Report Summary - DESOL (Low cost low energy technology to desalinate water into potable water) | 14/04/2011 |
Documents for this Project
| Final Report - DESOL (Low cost low energy technology to desalinate water into potable water) | 14/04/2011 |
Other participants
| Organization name:CENTRE DE RECERCA I INVESTIGACIO DE CATALUNYA S A | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Narcis |
CENTRE DE RECERCA I INVESTIGACIO DE CATALUNYA S A C/MARGALLO 12 BARCELONA ESPAÑA Region:ESTE CATALUÑA Barcelona |
| Tel:+34-932049922 | |
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| URL:http://www.cric.es | Organization Type:Research |
| Organization name:WATTPIC ENERGIA INTEL-LIGENT S.L. | |
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Name:Joan |
WATTPIC ENERGIA INTEL-LIGENT S.L. c/ Santa Eugenia 64 1r2a GIRONA ESPAÑA Region: |
| Tel:+34-934019814 | |
| Fax:+34-933003109 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.wattpic.com | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:MASCHINENBAU LOHSE GMBH | |
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Name:Dietmar |
MASCHINENBAU LOHSE Postfach 1585 Unteres Paradies 63 HEIDENHEIM-OGGENHAUSEN DEUTSCHLAND Region: |
| Tel:+49-732175525 | |
| Fax:+49-7321755-825 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.lohse-gmbh.de | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:TERMO-GEN AB | |
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Name:Lennart |
THERMO-GEN AB Olarve, Hangvar LAERBRO SVERIGE Region: |
| Tel:+46-498243723 | |
| Fax:+46-498243723 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.legelab.com | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:OPTICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Barry Michael |
OPTICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED The Shrubberies 9, George Lane, South Woodford LONDON UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) GREATER LONDON |
| Tel:+44-2085204047 | |
| Fax:+44-2085206593 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.opticalproduts.biz | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:FM ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Mario |
TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT Greenbank Industrial Estate NEWRY, COUNTY DOWN ÉIRE/IRELAND Region: |
| Tel:+44-28302666616 | |
| Fax:+44-2830263233 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.fmenvironmental.com | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:CLUB MEDITERRANEE S.A. | |
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Name:Thierry |
DEPARTEMENT CONSTRUCTIONS 11 rue de Cambrai PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-153353268 | |
| Fax:+33-153353646 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.clubmed.com | Organization Type:Industry |
| Organization name:AQUA TREATMENT | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:William |
TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT Dromadoon, Mountain Road PORTLAOISE, CO. LAOIS ÉIRE/IRELAND Region: |
| Tel:+353-578662525 | |
| Fax:+353-578662521 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.aquatreatment.ie | Organization Type:Other |
Record control number:75030
