[New Regional Area, Searching for R&D Hub] Center for Seawater Desalination Plant of GIST

Reverse osmosis technology changes seawater to drinkable water

 

 

Center for Seawater Desalination Plant (Executive Director Kim In-Soo) of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (President Sonu Jung-Ho) strives to research and develop seawater desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater so that it can be used for drinking.

For this, this center develops seawater desalination technology that filters water molecules (H₂O) through reverse osmosis system, and supports the cultivation of new overseas markets such as the Middle East.

Center for Seawater Desalination Plant was founded in 2006 with great ambition for the purpose of setting seawater desalination technology to a national growth engine of Korea and contributing to resolving a global problem of water shortage.

In particular, this center focuses on the reverse osmosis technology, which has high energy efficiency among seawater desalination technologies. Currently, in Korea, some companies such as Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction are involved in seawater desalination, and the recent technology in Korea is related with distillation that hydrogen and oxygen are separated by using firepower.