Pall Corporation : Pall Corp. Awarded Contract to Design Water Treatment System for U.S. Navy
08/15/2012| 04:35pm US/Eastern
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Contract Includes Development of an Energy-Efficient Desalination
System
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL)
today announced that the U.S. Navy, under the Office of Naval Research
(ONR), has contracted with Pall for a multi-phase project to develop an
advanced shipboard desalination system specifically for the challenging
operations in coastal waters. Pall will create a detailed design for
Navy ship water treatment that will increase the volume and reliability
of fresh water generation while reducing energy and maintenance
requirements.
Pall's integrated MF/RO membrane systems are designed to produce clean drinking water from a wide variety of water sources, including open sea, coastal areas, rivers, and harbor areas. (Photo: Business Wire)
Whether participating in active maneuvers or returning to shore,
military vessels require highly-reliable water treatment systems to meet
the demand for fresh water. In addition to being energy and resource
intensive, traditional sea water desalination technologies are often
unreliable. Further, coastal sea water can be especially difficult to
treat due to extremely high concentrations of suspended solids, as well
as biological and organic contaminants. The Navy also limits chemical
usage on ships, creating restrictions to approaches used in land-based
desalination plants. The system to be provided to the Navy, which will
include Pall's proven hollow-fiber microfiltration (MF) and reverse
osmosis (RO) membranes, will address these concerns.
"Pall is honored to be selected to design customized, automated MF and
RO technologies for the U.S. Navy," said Vince Northfield, the newly
appointed president of Pall Aerospace. "Our engineers and scientists
will bring the experience of developing and commissioning hundreds of
membrane systems worldwide to this project."
During the first six-month phase of the project, Pall scientists will
adapt the latest membrane technologies to design a solution capable of
producing 4,000 gallons per day of potable water. In the year-long
second phase of the program, a prototype system will be developed and
tested on land. In the final 18-month phase, a fully compliant system
will be tested for six months on a naval ship.
Pall is a leading global supplier of permanent and mobile
water filtration solutions for shipboard
freshwater generation, municipal
and industrial water, emergency
relief applications, as well as the military. In addition to serving
the municipal water market, Pall's filtration technology helps ensure a greener
future by enabling businesses to conserve and reuse water, and to
restore wastewater to environmentally safe levels before discharge. For
more information, visit http://www.pall.com/main/Water-Treatment/Water-Treatment-fd4dd3a5.page.
About Pall Corporation
Pall Corporation (NYSE:PLL)
is a filtration, separation and purification leader providing solutions
to meet the critical fluid management needs of customers across the
broad spectrum of life sciences and industry. Pall works with customers
to advance health, safety and environmentally responsible technologies.
The Company's engineered products enable process and product innovation
and minimize emissions and waste. Pall Corporation is an S&P 500 company
serving customers worldwide. Pall has been named a "top green company"
by Newsweek magazine. To see how Pall is helping enable a
greener, safer, more sustainable future, follow us on Twitter @PallCorporation
or visit www.pall.com/green.
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Pall Industrial
Marie (MacLean) Baron
Director,
Industrial Global Marketing Communications
Telephone: 516-801-9282
Cell:
516-492-1462
Email: Marie_Baron@Pall.com
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