ForeverPure has been engineering custom water treatment systems since 1997. This blog is where our application engineers share what they have learned in the field — honest comparisons of equipment, real numbers from real plants, and the kind of design guidance we wish we had had when we sized our first SWRO train. New articles publish monthly. If there is a topic you want covered, tell us.

FEDCO HPB-60 Energy Recovery Turbocharger: Engineering Review and Real-World Specs

Engineering

A practical engineering review of the FEDCO HPB-60 hydraulic pressure booster. RotorFlo technology, Super Duplex 2507 construction, installation pitfalls, and side-by-side comparison against the ERI PX and HPB-130.

SWRO Energy Recovery Explained: How Modern Plants Cut Power Use by 60%

Engineering

How energy recovery devices brought SWRO specific energy from 8 kWh/m³ down to under 3 kWh/m³. Pressure exchangers versus turbochargers, booster pump sizing, and a real-world economic case.

Comparing RO Membranes: Filmtec vs Hydranautics vs LG NanoH2O for SWRO

Technical Guide

Three serious choices for seawater service. Performance, fouling resistance, iLEC versus LD spacer trade-offs, and which membrane to specify when boron rejection, energy, or biofouling dominates.

Sizing Your First BWRO System: A Practical Guide for Engineers

Technical Guide

Ten steps from feed water analysis to a complete brackish water RO design. Recovery selection, antiscalant chemistry, array configuration, pump sizing, pretreatment, controls, and a worked 25,000 GPD example.

Solar-Powered Desalination Field Notes

Coming Soon

Lessons learned from Solar Oasis deployments — PV sizing, battery integration, and managing variable DC power for RO trains in off-grid installations.

Containerized Desalination: From Quote to Commissioning

Coming Soon

The full timeline of a containerized SWRO project — specification, factory acceptance testing, shipping, site arrival, and first permeate.

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