UCLA SMART WATER TREATMENT & DESALINATION PLANT
I am the lead developer and engineer of this mobile plant. Capable of producing up to 27,000 gallon/day of freshwater, the plant is a technology platform for a) investigating fundamental chemical and physical processes in membrane systems under field conditions and b) developing advanced strategies for operations, real-time monitoring, and process control of membrane-based water treatment and desalination (UF, NF, RO). The plant represents a focal point of research at UCLA WaTeR Center, integrating various enabling-technologies developed at the Center over the past decade with leading commercial technologies in the water treatment industry. The plant has been deployed in the California San Joaquin Valley for almost a year, treating challenging agricultural drainage water (15,000-20,000 mg/L) for freshwater production.
I am the lead developer and engineer of this mobile plant. Capable of producing up to 27,000 gallon/day of freshwater, the plant is a technology platform for a) investigating fundamental chemical and physical processes in membrane systems under field conditions and b) developing advanced strategies for operations, real-time monitoring, and process control of membrane-based water treatment and desalination (UF, NF, RO). The plant represents a focal point of research at UCLA WaTeR Center, integrating various enabling-technologies developed at the Center over the past decade with leading commercial technologies in the water treatment industry. The plant has been deployed in the California San Joaquin Valley for almost a year, treating challenging agricultural drainage water (15,000-20,000 mg/L) for freshwater production.
Water Treatment and Desalination System Prototypes
Some systems that we built and operated since 2009.
Some systems that we built and operated since 2009.
