Award-winning nanofiltration membranes help enable wastewater
reuse and resource recovery in challenging applications while
reducing energy consumption.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 16,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, DuPont™ FilmTec™
Fortilife™ NF1000 membrane elements are now sold worldwide. The
high-productivity nanofiltration elements help enable increased
wastewater reuse and resource recovery in some of the most
challenging applications—with reduced energy consumption—compared
to earlier versions of the technology.
DuPont's Fortilife™ NF1000 product is being honored this week
with a 2023 R&D100 Award, which celebrates the 100 most
innovative and revolutionary technologies launched in the past
year. While now globally available, Fortilife™ NF1000 was
first launched in the Asia Pacific
region where Minimal Liquid Discharge (MLD) solutions have been
more widely adopted to meet both wastewater management regulations
and business goals for circularity.
"As the world strives to treat and reuse more wastewater—from
municipal applications to the most challenging industrial
waters—FilmTec™ Fortilife™ NF1000 helps enable our customers to
refine wastewater into valuable fractions to optimize the reuse
potential and minimize waste," said Alan
Chan, Global Vice President and General Manager, DuPont
Water Solutions. "Industrial wastewater management – from
coal-to-chemical and textiles to petrochemical and power production
– can benefit from the use of NF1000 to recover water, salts and
other valuable resources for reuse."
Fortilife™ NF1000, a spiral-wound nanofiltration membrane,
yields high water flux with exceptional high-pH durability while
accomplishing challenging separations in high-pressure industrial
wastewater applications.
Industrial wastewater generators are often required to practice
zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) to comply with local regulations.
Traditionally, wastewater, comprised of salts and organic
compounds, is sent to large evaporators or crystallizers to
separate water from the solid waste. This can be an extremely
energy-intensive and costly process. DuPont's approach is to
utilize a minimum-liquid-discharge (MLD) strategy using reverse
osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) elements to reduce the volume
of water sent to final thermal treatment, helping reduce
operational costs while simultaneously recovering water for
reuse.
In MLD systems, Fortilife™ NF1000 can be used upstream of RO to
remove divalent ions and organic compounds or downstream of RO in
selective-ion separation for improved crystallization efficiency
with a purer brine composition or valorization of salts. Fortilife™
NF1000 can help increase water recovery, reduce energy consumption,
and provide opportunities for resource recovery or
valorization.
"Our customers' top needs in the industrial wastewater space are
improved recovery and better reliability—with a focus on
sustainability and lifetime costs," said Verónica Garcia Molina, Global Market Leader, Industrial
Water & Energy, DuPont Water Solutions. "With NF1000's high
active area and durable construction, use of the element can help
our customers reduce energy requirements and costs, extending the
membranes' lifetime and reducing capital expenditures."
DuPont's water technologies help purify more than 50 million
gallons of water every minute around the world, enable water reuse
and recycling, desalination, and the safe access of both ground and
surface water. DuPont offers solutions to a variety of water and
sustainability challenges faced by industrial water users and water
treatment municipalities through a broad portfolio of membranes,
resins and systems (including reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, ion
exchange resins (IEX), ultrafiltration (UF), electrodeionization
(EDI), nanofiltration (NF), membrane bioreactor systems (MBR),
membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABR), and closed-circuit
reverse osmosis (CCRO) systems).
About DuPont Water & Protection
DuPont Water and
Protection is a global leader in creating water, shelter and safety
solutions for a more sustainable world; enabling its customers to
win through unique capabilities, global scale and iconic brands
including Kevlar®, Nomex®, Tyvek®,
Corian® Design, GreatStuff™, Styrofoam™, and FilmTec™.
To learn more: https://www.dupont.com/water.html.
About DuPont
DuPont (NYSE: DD) is a global innovation
leader with technology-based materials and solutions that help
transform industries and everyday life. Our employees apply diverse
science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas
and deliver essential innovations in key markets including
electronics, transportation, construction, water, healthcare and
worker safety. More information about the company, its businesses
and solutions can be found at www.dupont.com. Investors can access
information included on the Investor Relations section of the
website at investors.dupont.com.
DuPont™, the DuPont Oval Logo, and all trademarks and service
marks denoted with ™, ℠ or ® are owned by affiliates of DuPont
de Nemours, Inc. unless otherwise noted.
View original content to download
multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dupont-filmtec-fortilife-nf1000-membrane-now-available-globally-301988229.html
SOURCE DuPont