Scarab's r&d profile
Desalination of sea water – pre-feasibility and product development for Swedish State Development Corporation
Water recovery for manned missions in space – pre-feasibility for the Swedish Space Corporation and the European Space Agency
Chemical Heat-Pump – pre-feasibility for Swedish Technical Development Board (STU)
Economy of Salix plantation for bio-mass – for the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Continuous fermentation of cellulose – project draft for University of Lund.
Household equipment for treatment of tap water – feasibility and product development for HVR Water Purification AB
Removal of chlorination by-products in tap water - feasibility and product development for Purity AB
Development of system for recovery of Ultra Pure Rinse Water for
semiconductor manufacture – product development and testing
for Xzero AB
Solar desalination of sea water – participation
in EU-project MEDESOL
Health consequences of disinfection by-products in European tap
water – participation in EU-project Hi-Wate
Polygeneration of electricity, heat, cooling and water – joint
project with The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Co-generation of electricity and heat with addition to power generation – pre-feasibility
for Wärtsilä, Finland
Nutraceutical treatment of arsenicosis - feasibility and
project development for Viola Vitalis, Bangladesh
Polygeneration for rural communities – student projects
and seminar series “Water and Electricity – the Good Life”
Photovoltaic cells for co-production of electricity and pure water – preparation
for application to the Swedish Energy Agency
High head solar pump for membrane distillation – experimental
project
Development of water/polymer interface for membrane distillation – rejected
EU proposal
Large scale co-generation of solar electricity and desalination – present
preparation for EU proposal
Third party evaluation
Apart from our own continuous development work of which some is exemplified above, our equipment has been evaluated in the following third party tests:
Waste heat desalination - The Swedish National Development Corporation for the Greek Government
Ultra Pure Water and Reuse for the Semiconductor Industry – Sandia National Laboratories for EPA/Sematech
Decontamination of wash water in nuclear power plants - Pilot tests by Sydkraft (Eon) for Vattenfall and the Swedish Radiation Protection Institute
Energy use for MD water treatment in the Semiconductor Industry - The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) for Xzero AB
Desalination with Solar Pond – U. of Texas at El Paso for the Bureau of Reclamation, US Department of the Interior
Treatment of arsenic contaminated well water – Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Chalmer’s University for Scarab Development AB
Treatment of flue-gas condensate – KTH for Vattenfall Research AB
Treatment of landfill leachate – KTH for a major international water company
Cogeneration of electricity, district heating and water - KTH for the Swedish Thermal Engineering Research Institute
All these third party tests have been carried out with commercial grade equipment manufactured in limited series.
Present scientific projects
Arsenic mitigation in villages in Bangladesh through co-generation of electricity and arsenic free water – proposal to Grameen Shakti from KTH
Separations in the chemical industry with a chemical multinational
Basic nanotechnology research for development of new membranes with Stockholm, Chalmer’s and Stanford Universities
Improvement of module efficiency and energy recovery with KTH
Treatment of RO-brine with a leading desalination company
Updated 2009-01-09 (the list only contains projects related to energy and/or water. It is not entirely complete and will be updated)