Tuesday morning 5 October 2010

9.00–10.20 Chair		Session 9 Brackish water Santi Talo, Val Frenkel		Session 10 Brine discharge Veronica Garcia Molina, Andrea Cipollina	Session 11 MBR Rami Messalem, Harry Futselaar		Session 12 Energy recove
9.00		110 Initial pilot data from 120 m3/d flow       reversal pilot plant operating on       brackish well water       J. Gilron, Y. Goldkine, G. Mizrahi,       N. Daltrophe, E. Korin, D. Peled,       N. Perlmutter, Y. Gelman,       I. Ben-David, M. Priel, X. Lu,       E. Kujundzic, A. Greenberg		87 Project for the development of       innovative solutions for the       brines from desalination       plants       Domingo Zarzo, Elena Campos	28 Comparison of a conventional       municipal plant, and an MBR plant       with and without MPE       Thomas Wozniak		32 A new approach for retrofits:       Expansion of the Palmachim       seawater RO plant       A. Hermony, J.M. Pinto,       R.A. Bosleman
9.20		55 Improved aquifer characterization and       the optimization of the design of       brackish groundwater desalination       systems       Robert G. Maliva,       Thomas M. Missimer		21 3D physical modelling in a wave       flume of brine discharges on       a beach       F Vila, Antonio Ruiz-Mateo,       Macarena Rodríguez,       Manuel Antequera, Ana Lloret	84 The effect of solids retention time       on the adherence, viscoelastic       properties, and fouling propensity       of extracellular polymeric       substances in a membrane       bioreactor       A. Sweity, Wang Ying, G. Oron,       M. Herzberg		33 Enhancing performance and       flexibility while reducing the       environmental impact of       seawater RO plant retrofits and       expansions with isobaric ERDs       Juan Miguel Pinto,       Jeremy Martin
9.40		109 7 years operation of BWRO plant       with raw water from coastal aquifer       for agriculture irrigation       Carlos García, Francisco Molina,       Domingo Zarzo		23 Control and management of brine       disposal for inland desalination       plants       Arina Shulman, Inbal David,       Elena Gelman, Menahem Priel	88 AirLift MBR for municipal wastewater       treatment: Lower TCO through       higher flux and lower footprint       Harry Futselaar, Rob Borgerink,       Patrick van Lierop, Rick Rosberg		126 Design optimization of large       SWRO plants utilizing time-of-       use (TOU) energy prices       Pinhas Glueckstern,       Deborah Anahory
10.00		54 Capacitive deionisation of water       solutions       Yu.M. Volfkovich, D.A. Bograchev,       A.Yu. Rychagov, D. Park		26 A brine evaporative       cooler/concentrator for       autonomous thermal       desalination units       A. Cipollina, L. Gentile,       G. Micale, L. Rizzuti	99 The effect of pH on the adherence       and fouling propensity of       extracellular polymeric       substances in a membrane       bioreactor       A. Sweity, W Ying, G. Oron,       M Herzberg		160 Closed circuit desalination –       a new low energy high recovery       technology without energy       recovery       Avi Efraty, Ran Natanel Barak,       Zviel Gal
10.20–11.00		Coffee break
	11.00–12.20 Chair		Session 13 SWRO Mark Wilf, Joon Ha Kim	Session 14 Carbon footprint / SWRO Matan Beery, Giorgio Micale		Session 15 Equipment Miriam Faigon, Ami Barak	Session 16 Solar / Wind / Nuclear Nehemia Hassid, Diego Alarcon Padilla
	11.00		22 Design optimization of large SWRO      plants to comply with high quality      product requirements      P. Glueckstern, M. Priel	106 Carbon footprint of seawater      reverse osmosis pre-treatment:      A computational tool      Matan Beery, Adam Hortop,      Frans Knops, Jens-Uwe Repke		53 Pressure vessel for 16 and 18 inch      RO membranes      Tobias Haarburger, Nadav Shachaf	16 Field results in Namibia and      Brazil of the new solar      desalination system for      decentralised drinking water      production      K. Schwarzer, M.E. Vieira      da Silva, T. Schwarzer,      B. Hoffschmidt
	11.20		94 A dynamic model for the control of      a seawater reverse osmosis      desalination process      Young Geun Lee, Adrian Gambier,      Essam Badreddin, Joon Ha Kim	168 Testing the first integrated      energy recovery and system      control device under SWRO      conditions      Eli Oklejas, Ryan Kitzmiller,      Anca Seisan, Jason Hunt		152 The contribution of air valves       installations to a wide variety of       problems in desalination plant      Ami Farhi	24 Steady-state mathematical      modeling of a solar multi-effect      desalination plant at the      Plataforma Solar de Almería      P. Palenzuela, D. Alarcón,      J. Blanco, G. Zaragoza,      E. Guillén, M. Ibarra
	11.40		6 How to design a small SWRO system:      California experience 7 Brackish vs. seawater desalination:      How to compare      Val Frenkel	157 Pre-desalination with      electro-membranes for SWRO      J.W. Post, H. Huiting,      E.R. Cornelissen		68 Material selection and corrosion      in seawater reverse osmosis      desalination plants      Nicolas Larché, Philippe Dézerville	29 Seawater desalination (RO)      as a wind powered industrial      process - Technical and      economical specifics      J. Käufler, K. Ruediger, R. Pohl,      H. Sader
	12.00		45 The use of computer aided       techniques for RO desalination       layout design      Amos Bick, Gideon Oron			132 Decreasing seawater reverse      osmosis energy cost by improved      membrane rejection and active area      Veronica Garcia-Molina,      Markus Busch	171 Hydrogen, electric power and      potable water from seawater      by nuclear energy      Diego Barba
	12.20–13.30		Lunch

Tuesday afternoon 5 October 2010

13.30–14.50 Chair	Session 17 Fouling/Scaling Jack Gilron, Maria Kennedy	Session 18 MED/MSF/MD Heike Glade, Fredi Lokiec	Session 19 Solar Amy M. Bilton, Gideon Oron	Session 20 Wastewater Yelena Gelman, Dan Zaslavsky
13.30	18 Silica scaling on reverse osmosis membranes - investigation and new test methods Wolfgang Hater, Christian zum Kolk, Claire Dupoiron, Gerd Braun, Timo Harrer, Thomas Götz	104 Mixed salt scaling in horizontal tube falling film evaporators under various process conditions Heike Glade, Kerstin Krömer, Stefan Will, Stephan Nied, Jürgen Detering, Gregor Schürmann	154 Photovoltaic reverse osmosis – Feasibility and a pathway to develop technology Amy M. Bilton, Leah C. Kelley, Steven Dubowsky	60 A new approach to handle sewage and other pollutants Dan Zaslavsky
13.50	74 Successful antiscalant application - From a laboratory model to field optimization at higher pH and sea water temperature Wiebo van der Wal, Gilles Delaisse	114 Improved simulation and validation of multi-effect desalination plants with thermal vapor compression Myunghoon Seong, Andrea Vozar, John Georgiadis	143 Preliminary assessment of a solar energy driven membrane distillation system E. Guillén, J. Blanco, D. Alarcón-Padilla, G. Zaragoza, P. Palenzuela, M. Ibarra	64 Pilot plant for domestic effluent filtration and desalination for sustainable effluent utilization Ilan Katz, Raphael Semiat, Carlos Dosoretz, Nir Goldshtein, Josef Hagin
14.10	135 Low electrode area electrochemical scale removal system David Hasson, Georgiy Sidorenko, Raphael Semiat	93 Researching and modelling the dependence of MD flux and energy efficiency on membrane dimension for scale-up purpose Jianhua Zhang, Jun-De Li, Stephen Gray	47 Technical-economical evaluation of the operation of a solar-powered NF desalination plant for sustainable agriculture A. Ghermandi, A. Kudish, R. Messalem
14.30	115 The effect of surface organic functional groups on calcium phosphate mineralization in membrane-based water treatment systems Z. Steiner, H. Rapaport, Y. Oren, R. Kasher		100 Desalination devices for arid areas Leon B. Begrambekov, Alexey A. Gordeev, Sergey V. Vergasov, Andrey.M. Zakharov
14.50–15.30	Coffee break
15.30–16.50 Chair	Session 21 Fouling/Scaling David Hasson, Ursula Annunziata	Session 22 Open discussions	Session 23 Energy Miriam Brusilovsky, Ian Lomax	Session 24 Wastewater Richard Hardiman, Rashed Al-Sa’ed
15.30	151 Cake formation and cake compression effects during constant flux filtration applied to the Modified Fouling Index ultrafiltration (MFI-UF) Sergio G. Salinas Rodríguez, Didik Wahyudi, Maria D. Kennedy, Gary L. Amy, Jan C. Schippers	Open discussions	96 RO train designs in the last years: Evolution of energy consumption and future trends Rafael Buendia, Aitor Diaz, Carlos García, Domingo Zarzo	50 Low cost municipal wastewater reuse in Mediterranean regions D. Falsanisi, R. Gehr, L. Liberti, D. Santoro, S. Sasso, H. Shuval
15.50	31 A new phosphorous-free antiscalant for membrane desalination D.A. Musale, B.B.J. Yao, S. Lopes, A. Urmenyi, M. Fazel, H. Lohokare , R. Yeleswarapu, A. Hallsby, A. Sheikh	Open discussions	122 Development of large scale microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment Ronen Shechter, Eytan Levy, Lior Eshed	156 Economical and environmental assessment of sand filters and RO for effluent reclamation Rashed Al-Sa’ed
16.10	117 Mineral scaling of RO membranes in the presence of biofilm Ronit Arbel, Nancy H. Lin, Eric Lyster, Jack Gilron, Yoram Oren, Yoram Cohen	Open discussions		150 Optimal use of membrane processes for treating wastewater reused in cooling towers Daniel Hoffman, Amnon Zfati
16.30	14 Online condition monitoring for membrane systems Markus Gauder, Mark Antoine, Senthilmurugan S, Giuseppe Fraddanno	Open discussions

Wednesday morning 6 October 2010

8.40–10.00 Chair	Session 25 Ultrafiltration Mark Wilf, Martin Heijnen	Session 26 Environment Avi Efrati, Karen Stummeyer	Session 27 TEP/Wastewater Asher Brenner, Jan C. Schippers	Session 28  Hybrid Emmanuel Korgold, Gabriele Comodi
8.40	89 AquaFlex LS for potable and process water treatment: high flux coagulant-free ultrafiltration Harry Futselaar, Bastiaan Blankert, Frederik Spenkelink, Rick Rosberg	67 Environmental research on brine discharge optimizing: a case study approach Encarna González, Beatriz Arconada, Patricia Delgado, Ana Álvarez, Manuel Antequera, Yolanda Fernández, Aurora Garrote, Sergio de Rico, Eduardo Salete, José Luis Sánchez Lizaso	77 Filtration resistance of foulant layers containing transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) during membrane filtration Loreen O. Villacorte, Maria D. Kennedy, Gary L. Amy, Jan C. Schippers	111 RO-ED-UF-WAIV hybrid for near-ZLD brackish water desalination J. Gilron, N. Daltorphe, E. Korngold, L. Katzir, R. Messalem, Y. Volkman, M. Waismann, Y. Oren
9.00	105 Large ultrafiltration system for industrial waste water re-use in Turkey Martin Koenig, Norbert Selzer, Bodo von Harten	20 Bridging the water gap. A flexible, interim, SWRO desalination solution while major strategic decisions are being planned Murray Eldridge, David Dwek	101 Transparent exopolymer particles, microbial shuttles expediting biofilm formation in desalination facilities Edo Bar-Zeev, Ilana Berman-Frank, Natasha Belkin, Tom Berman	165 Combined water and power production on industrial scale in the MENA countries using solar and wind energy Massimo Moser, Franz Trieb, Jürgen Kern
9.20	136 Humic acid removal by deep-bed filtration and by UF membranes Iris Sutzkover-Gutman, David Hasson, Raphael Semiat	155 Desalination of seawater – Aspects of environmental law Gil Dror	140 What do we know about TEP in the formation of aquatic biofilm? Tom Berman, Roi Mizrahi, Edo Bar Zeev, Ilana Berman-Frank, Carlos Dosoretz	166 Integration of desalination in hybrids for solar and conventional fossil power plants Justin Zachary, Colleen M. Layman
9.40	95 Optimisations of Multibore ultrafiltration membrane characteristics for wastewater reuse applications
10.00–10.30	Coffee break

10:30 Tools for Innovation
 

Oded Distel, NewTech, Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour, Chairman
          Assaf Biderman, MIT SENSEable City Lab – Seakettle, Seaswarm
          Aleid Diepeveen, Netherlands Water Partnership, Bureau of Innovation
          Booky Oren, Chairman, WATEC Israel i2i – innovation to implementation
          Gadi Toren, Robert Bosch Venture Capital

   Closing
   
12:30 Lunch sponsored by IDE


POSTERS

3   Solar based distillation system for domestic application in Gaza Strip, Palestine      Mohammed Ahmed 19 Behaviour of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using conventional and UF/RO treatments      Maria Rosa Boleda, Maria Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura 46 Pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in municipal wastewater and assessment of removal with reverse osmosis treatment      K. Majamaa, V. Gomez, MariaR. Boleda, Maria T. Galceran, F. Ventura 61 The potential of a natural wetland for grey water treatment: a case study in Cape Coast, Ghana      A.E. Duncan, Esi Awuah, D.K. Dodoo, Nana O.B. Ackerson 71 Effectiveness of treatment of wastewaters with chemosorption composite materials «Polycon»      M.M. Kardash, G.V. Aleksandrov 73 Separation characteristics of acetone/water mixtures through sodium alginate/poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) membranes by vapor permeation and vapor permeation with temperature difference      Ebru Kondolot Solak, Suat Kahya, Oya Sanli 79 Study on the impact of particle size distribution on turbidity in water      Weipeng He, Jun Nan 80 Characteristic analysis of morphological evolution of suspended particles in water during dynamic flocculation process      Jun Nan, Weipeng He 81 Experimental results of seawater distiller utilizing waste heat of portable electric generator      Chang-Dae Park, Byung-Ju Lim, Kyung-Yul Chung 118 Eliminating arsenic from membrane concentrates by the reuse of anion exchange resins      Zakhar Maletskyi, Tetiana Mitchenko, Nataliia Makarova, Elena Shevchuk 119 Cost-effective seawater desalination technology based on reuse of municipal water      Fredg Fendri, Tetiana Mitchenko, Zakhar Maletskyi 124 Utilizing the flexibility of RO system configuration      Val Frenkel, Mark Wilf 128 Improved phenol degradation in high-phenol-fed MBR by membrane-driven containment of non-settling biodegradation microbes      Soojeung Ahn, Insang Song, Younkyoo Choung, Seung Chan Kim, Joonhong Park 139 Effect of the concentration polarization on the fouling driving force in UF membranes      Sonia Vulf, Iris Sutzkover-Gutman, David Hasson, Raphael Semiat 142 Correlation of CaCO3 induction times measured by an electrochemical technique      Irina Zaslavschi, David Hasson, Hilla Shemer, Raphael Semiat, Mark Wilf, Craig Bartels 161 Characterisation of NF-2 membrane modified with alkoxysilanes      M. Bauman, A. Lobnik A. Kosak, I. Petrinic, T. Luxbacher 172 Integrated membrane-based operations for seawater and brackish water desalination      Francesca Macedonio, Enrico Drioli