{"id":35640,"date":"2023-08-02T14:19:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=35640"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:19:07","slug":"harnessing-new-methods-for-efficient-industrial-water-purification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/harnessing-new-methods-for-efficient-industrial-water-purification\/35640\/","title":{"rendered":"Harnessing groundbreaking new methods for efficient industrial water purification"},"content":{"rendered":"
These protein mimics represent an entirely new class of artificial water channels (AWC) that can be used to improve the energy efficiency of current industrial water purification methods.<\/p>\n
When incorporated into a lipid membrane, the pores permit the selective transport of water across the membrane while rejecting salt (ions).<\/p>\n
A paper detailing the study, \u2018Nature-inspired synthetic oligourea foldamer channels allow water transport with high salt rejection<\/a>,\u2019 was published in Chem<\/em>.<\/p>\n Current methods of industrial water purification involve the use of reverse osmosis and membrane distillation technologies.<\/p>\n Reverse osmosis, however, is a highly energy-intensive process as high pressures are needed to pass seawater or wastewater through a series of semi-permeable membranes to remove salts and other pollutants.<\/p>\n In light of climate change and the growing demand for fresh water<\/a>, there is an incentive to develop more energy-efficient, water-selective membranes for large-scale desalination purposes.<\/p>\nThe limitations of current industrial water purification methods<\/h3>\n