BASF's ultrafiltration business bags contract for desalination plant in Jamnagar.

Inge GmbH, a subsidiary of BASF SE and one of the leading global players in ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, has secured a contract to supply high-capacity ultrafiltration technology for a desalination plant in Jamnagar, Gujarat. More than 4,000 modules from the T-Rack 3.0 series will provide 450,000 cubic meters of pre-treated water per day to one of the country’s largest oil refineries.

The desalination plant is built by IDE Technologies, one of the world's leading water treatment specialists, and will use Inge UF to protect the sensitive reverse osmosis membranes and to minimise the energy footprint of the plant. After multiple sea water pre-treatment steps, the desalination plant will deliver up to 170,000 cubic meters of process water per day.

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