Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Develops Device to Purify Water From Oil Derivatives
TEHRAN (Dispatches) - A knowledge-based company in Iran has developed a device for filtering water mixed with oil derivatives, using a special type of nano-membrane that can completely treat wastewater.
"The knowledge-based company, in cooperation with two other researchers, has managed to design a method that uses nano-membranes to separate oil derivatives from water,” Mehdi Etemadi, the CEO of the knowledge-based company and a PhD graduate from Ferdowsi University, said.
"The membranes have been engineered with a property to act selectively by means of nanotechnology to filter specific materials smartly; the membranes can choose not to allow water pass through, but oil derivatives and hydrocarbons can pass through them; this feature separates 100% of the effluent from petroleum products,” he added.
Etemadi explained that the membranes can widely be used in case of water pollution by oil tankers at sea, adding that the product has no foreign samples and has been made in Iran for the first time.
Researchers Make, Export Advanced Water Treatment System
Iranian researcher at a knowledge-based company developed a sea water electrolyzer system and managed to export it to foreign countries.
"Seawater electrolyzer produces chlorine from seawater that contains salt water, which is used as a disinfectant to kill harmful microbes,” Mehdi Shafiyee, the CEO of the company said.
"In this system, seawater is received as input and during the electrolysis process, sodium hypochlorite (javelin) is produced and injected with a free chlorine concentration suitable for disinfecting water so that proper water conditions can be provided for shrimp and fish farming,” he added.
Shafiyee said that the system has various applications, and added, "It can be used instead of gas chlorine, which is dangerous, to make urban and rural drinking water safer; other applications of this system are in the sanitation of pool water and shrimp and fish farms; this capacity can be used wherever shrimp and fish are farmed.”
He noted that this system has been installed in Damavand, Morvarid, Pardis, Bandar Imam petrochemical installations and Qeshm power plant since around 4 years ago and has performed well so far, adding that it has also been exported to several foreign states.
"The knowledge-based company, in cooperation with two other researchers, has managed to design a method that uses nano-membranes to separate oil derivatives from water,” Mehdi Etemadi, the CEO of the knowledge-based company and a PhD graduate from Ferdowsi University, said.
"The membranes have been engineered with a property to act selectively by means of nanotechnology to filter specific materials smartly; the membranes can choose not to allow water pass through, but oil derivatives and hydrocarbons can pass through them; this feature separates 100% of the effluent from petroleum products,” he added.
Etemadi explained that the membranes can widely be used in case of water pollution by oil tankers at sea, adding that the product has no foreign samples and has been made in Iran for the first time.
Researchers Make, Export Advanced Water Treatment System
Iranian researcher at a knowledge-based company developed a sea water electrolyzer system and managed to export it to foreign countries.
"Seawater electrolyzer produces chlorine from seawater that contains salt water, which is used as a disinfectant to kill harmful microbes,” Mehdi Shafiyee, the CEO of the company said.
"In this system, seawater is received as input and during the electrolysis process, sodium hypochlorite (javelin) is produced and injected with a free chlorine concentration suitable for disinfecting water so that proper water conditions can be provided for shrimp and fish farming,” he added.
Shafiyee said that the system has various applications, and added, "It can be used instead of gas chlorine, which is dangerous, to make urban and rural drinking water safer; other applications of this system are in the sanitation of pool water and shrimp and fish farms; this capacity can be used wherever shrimp and fish are farmed.”
He noted that this system has been installed in Damavand, Morvarid, Pardis, Bandar Imam petrochemical installations and Qeshm power plant since around 4 years ago and has performed well so far, adding that it has also been exported to several foreign states.