Desalination Process
Triton’s energy recovery device dramatically reduces the amount of energy required to desalinate water.
HOW DO OUR PLANTS WORK?
Triton desalination plants use high-pressure reverse osmosis, or RO technology, to remove the salt from seawater:
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In RO, seawater is pushed through a membrane, which blocks salts and undesirable chemicals but allows water molecules to flow through.
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The salt is discharged in a highly concentrated stream of brine at a high level of pressure.
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An energy recovery system uses the high pressure of the outgoing brine to increase the pressure of the incoming seawater.
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The result is a dramatic decrease in the energy required to desalinate water.
THE ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE
The Triton’s energy recovery system uses only a single moving part, requiring little if any maintenance over the life of the plant.
And Triton’s three-layer membranes are continuously updated and refined to perform as effectively as possible. New membranes currently under development are expected to lower the pressure requirements to obtain the same desalination quality—even further reducing our plants’ carbon footprint.
