U.S. - Israel Energy Center

Task 1: Develop component technologies for high recovery brackish water desalination

Experimental set-up: Dr. Razi Epsztein laboratory at Technion
Sub-Task: Develop membrane-based processes with increased ion-ion selectivity for desalination processes.

Pressure-driven membrane filtration system used for ion-ion selectivity tests.

Ion-chromatography system for specific-ion analysis in mixed-ion solutions.

Task 5: Scalable anti-fouling and ion-selective membranes for desalination

Experimental set-up: Dr. Peretz Segal laboratory at Technion.
Sub-Task: Develop surface modifications of nanofiltration membranes to enhance antifouling performance, using metal oxide thin layer deposition

Atomic layer deposition system for membrane interface modifications

Task 8: Construction and development of wastewater pilot units

Pilot set ut: Calumet WWTP
Sub-Task: S2EBPR full-scale pilot construction and retrofit; pilot system design and construction for P sorption.

Task 9: Fouling reduction in AnMBR

Pilot set ut: Isam Sabbah’s Laboratory at Galilee Society
Sub-Task: Develop anaerobic-biomass immobilized biomass foam MBR

AnIBFMBR bench-scale: In-situ mode

Immobilized biomass Foam (IBF)

Task 10: Enhanced energy recovery from municipal wastewater

Pilot set-ut: Fluence
Sub-Task:

Laboratory scale system designed to treat high-ammonia streams with MABR

Task 11: Enhanced nutrient recovery from municipal wastewater

Experimental set-ut: Dr. George Wells at Northwestern University
Sub-Task: Integrate the CANDO+P reactor into an energy efficient treatment train and maximize nitrous oxide output.

CANDO+P reactor operates to achieve simultaneous N and P removal, with energy recovery through nitrous oxide production.

Experimental set-ut: Dr. Adi Radian at Technion
Sub-Task: Develop and test nano-composite sorbents for P removal

Synthesis of clay decorated with nano-sized iron-oxide particles.

Column experiment of phosphate removal by sand-filter mixed with the reactive particles.

Task 12: Waste Valorization

Experimental Set-up: Dr. Amit Gross laboratory at BGU
Sub-Task: Optimization of HTC process for energy and nutrient recovery

HTC pilot

Task 17: Lab-scale testing of enhanced SAT pretreatment, surface modification and air drainage

Experimental Set-up: Dr. Alex Furman laboratory at Technion
Sub-task: Two alternatives for classic SAT are explored, focusing on air injection as a mean for higher oxygen supply to the subsurface and for shortening drying period.

Laboratory setup for the Air-SAT concept

Flow chamber for the horizontal SAT experiment

Experimental setup for the P-SAT concept with empty chamber (right) and active chamber (left)