Use of ceramic filtration in ...

Published November 10, 2013 15:01 by surendra khuntia, Ex-Chief Scientist of CSIR, Govt of India and Inventor of many appropriate technology including TERAFIL water filters - Freelance R&D consultant

Use of ceramic filtration in RO desalination plant

I have invented a natural sintered red clay filtration media (Known as TERAFIL) few years back under CSIR lab, Government of India. It is a porous terracotta disc. TERAFIL is getting fast popularity in India, especially for removal of turbid materials, dissolved iron, lime etc and microorganisms, whose size is more than 200 nm. I am sure; TERAFIL can stand saline water easily without decay or any reaction unlike other membranes. It will be very cheap, long lasting, maintenance free and a natural product for pre-treatment for desalination by RO. But it has a limitation in filtration pressure. I can help to carry out testing & studies for filtration of saline water through TERAFIL candles before desalination through RO. S.Khuntia, Freelance R&D consultant, Inventor & Ex-Chief Scientist of CSIR, India.