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Xzero to deliver full size industrial demo to test new type of water treatment technology

06 May 2010

The Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the Royal Institute of Technology will test membrane distillation at the experimental Water Treatment plant in Sjöstadsverket, Stockholm.

Xzero develops Ultra Pure Water technology for industry, especially the semiconductor industry which presently has the highest demands on water purity. Pharmaceutical industry and feed water for power plants are second and third in quality standards. The membrane distillation technology will be tested for removal of a large range of contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, in an ongoing research effort.

 

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