Membrane Materials/Processes

Demonstration of high water recovery by membrane distillation (MD) and its application for Reverse Osmosis (RO) brine concentrate management.
Demonstration of application of MD on salt separation/recovery and VOC removal for industrial water reuse in collaboration with mining industries.
Development of new membrane materials and new module assembly for more efficient performance
Process integration to solve more complex problem and achieve near zero discharge

Development of mixed matrix membranes for more tailored applications; e.g. organic solvent dehydration/concentration, aqueous salt separation and concentration
Fundamental studies and broad characterisation of membrane material: morphology analyses, heat and mass transport studies, additives comparison studies
Membrane fabrication and integrity tests via a wide array of state of art membrane casting and testing equipment

Pioneer in development of low cost hybrid organic-inorganic membranes for industrial steam separation for energy recovery
Demonstration scale tests (effective membrane area 1.4 m²) completed: successfully developed a scalable process for membrane fabrication and assembled spiral wound module for smaller footprint use