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- Conceptualization of mobile plant for treatment of produced water gaining prominence for agricultural irrigation sites
- Initiatives undertaken by startups to assess viability of DAF for raw water with light contaminant particles widens growth vistas
ALBANY, N.Y., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a bid to reduce the cost associated with treating and reusing produced water, Office of Fossil Energy, of the U.S. Department of Energy funds several new R&D initiatives and continues to collaborate with industry, state governments, universities, and federal and non-federal agencies. Earlier, for such initiatives, the Department of Energy invested nearly US$100 million for produced water projects, with another aim to transform produced water from being a waste to a resource.
Energy Department Announces New Round Of Solar Desalination Prize Competition
Prize Seeks Systems that Purify Wastewater Produced from Oil and Gas Extraction
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5M in new funding for the second round of the Solar Desalination Prize, a competition designed to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to purify water with very high salt content. DOE also announced that eight semifinalists will advance in the first round of prize.
“Solar-powered desalination systems can help decontaminate water produced by oil and gas extraction which totals several hundred billion gallons of wastewater annually creating clean water for all kinds of everyday and industrial uses,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. “As more communities face water shortages due to climate change, these new systems could expand the use of nontraditional water s
Q&A with Junhong Chen Details
Argonne’s lead water strategist addresses questions on managing our precious water resources
Many questions surround how to best solve the numerous problems involving efficient management of our precious water resources. We asked a few questions regarding water science and engineering of Junhong Chen, lead water strategist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and a professor of molecular engineering at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Prior to coming to Chicago, Chen served as a program director for the Engineering Research Centers program of the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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