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Article: Algeria: Toray wins order from Hyflux Ltd to supply world's largest seawater desalination plant.
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- October 6, 2009
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Toray Industries Inc will supply the Magtaa seawater desalination plant in Algeria with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes.
The Magtaa RO seawater desalination plant will boast water production capacity of 500,000 cubic meters per day (m[sup.3]/day), up 50% compared with the current biggest plant in Israel which has a capacity of 330,000 m[sup.3]/day.
The RO membranes that Toray will supply to the Magtaa RO Seawater Desalination Plant have two distinguishing features, the world's highest level of boron removal capability and the ability to produce large water throughput while saving energy.
The diameter of the pores on the RO membranes has to be ...