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  • September 19, 2019

    Why DAF is used in Mega Seawater Desalination Pretreatment

    Starting from early 21st century, DAF technology has been used in Mega Seawater Desalination Pretreatment to remove suspended solid and algae. A Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) happened in 2008 around Middle East Area, which forced most of SWRO (Seawater Reverse Osmosis) plants to shutdown. Since then, DAF is the standard pretreatment process in the newly developed Mega SWRO plant in this region. Why is DAF used? The main function of DAF as a pretreatment system is the separation of algae a…