Emerging Technology Awards 2018: Pressure Technology
Emerging Technology Awards 2018: Pressure Technology
Boris Liberman at Israel’s IDE Technologies has developed an efficient reverse osmosis desalination system that relies on larger, stronger membranes coupled with high-pressure pumps to make drinkable water from seawater.
Mechanical Engineering Magazine Emerging Technology Awards honor ascending technologies that are poised to transform their fields and the innovators behind them.
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