High Efficiency Solutions: PX™ Technology
Isobaric energy recovery devices (ERD)s such as PX Pressure Exchanger™ (PX™) devices are the most efficient solution for membrane desalination today. ERI PX devices operate at up to 98 percent efficiency and reduce the energy consumption of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) systems by up to 60 percent, making desalination a cost-effective solution for clean water supply. Although most isobaric or "positive displacement" ERDs were designed for membrane desalination applications, they can potentially be applied to any high-pressure hydraulic application to recovery pressure from a waste or reject stream and use it to pressurize another stream.
ERI provides energy recovery technologies that offer exceptional quality, performance, durability, and environmental consciousness that is unmatched in the industry. With PX devices, ERI brings the leading lifecycle advantage solution for high efficiency, isobaric energy recovery demands. In addition, our TurboCharger devices offer high quality, turbine-based energy recovery solutions for those who are sensitive to up-front capital costs and located in areas where the cost of power is low.
The award-winning PX technology has been widely adopted around the world in the seawater desalination industry. From Algeria to Australia and beyond, this innovative technology is reducing the carbon footprint of desalination, saving an estimated 10 billion kilowatts of energy per year and reducing CO2 emissions by more than 5.2 million tons per year worldwide. More than 10,000 PX energy recovery devices are currently deployed or under contract to be installed at desalination plants around the globe.
With ERI, you can select from a suite of energy-efficiency products that can meet the needs of any desalination project in the world with the most appropriate energy recovery and pumping solution available.