TNO (Netherlands largest Research and Technology Organization) offers solutions for a wide field of commonly experienced problems and challenges, while using new ideas and innovative technologies (compact, flexible, reliable, sustainable and inexpensive solutions). Focal points are cost effective treatment of water ‘fit for use’ (including discharge to surface waters) and/or removal of various dissolved components : 

• Desalination.
• Softening of water.
• Selective removal of organic compounds.
• Treatment strategies.
• Integrated Water Management, water cycle closure.
• Energy integration.
  

Water treatment technologies are a vital operation and are based on separation technologies (membranes, crystallization and adsorption), conversion technologies (micro biology and advanced oxidation) as well as hybrid process combinations (membrane- reactors, contactors and distillation technologies).

Products and services

TNO operates as an industrial service centre (tests, research, and consulting services). It also develops new technologies and has an extensive portfolio of patents. Costumers are for instance equipment suppliers and contractors who operate for the process industry, including water suppliers. Also the water using industry is an important customer. The activities are aimed at improvement of customer competitiveness. The products and services provided:

• Feasibility studies;
• Process evaluation;
• Proof-of-concept studies;
• Technology development
• Pilot-plant testing and technology demonstration;
• Licensing.

TNO Water treatment offers you the whole trajectory from defining a project, finding partners, carrying out R&D to industrial implementation