Aqua mundia

Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink !

The water cycle is a very complex system in nature.

Water just drops out of the air for free. This gives people the
misconception that drinkable water is available in big surplus.
 FRESHWATER
More than 97% of the water on Earth is salt water

Leaving only 3% as freshwater in nature

Only two-thirds of the freshwater is frozen in glaciers and polar ice

caps

Most of the rest is underground and only 0.3% is surface water

Freshwater lakes like Lake Baikal (Russia) and the Great Lakes
(North America) contain seven-eighths of this fresh surface water

Swamps have most of the balance, with only a small amount in

rivers, most notably the Amazon River

The atmosphere contains 0.04 % water

Clean drinking water
for everyone
everywhere
all the time
Clean water is a human right !
The PMT-Technology: the best technology to
desalinate salt water into drinking water
The PMT water desalination system is working as a stand-alone unit
NO outside energy is needed to operate this plant
The production of drinking water will not produce CO or any other
harmful byproducts
No brine is pumped back to the ocean
No fossil fuels are claimed to operate the PMT-plant
Produces clean drinking water without the use of any chemicals
Extremely low maintenance and repairs
Only a very small staff needed
Due to compact design, less land is required
Operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week due to its modular design

No other known technology has all these advantages

 Due to its low power consumption, the PMT-
plant can be operated by renewable energy
without any CO emissions:
by solar or wind energy
or by using the hydrogen produced by the system itself
 700

600
500
400
300
200
100

0
4-Steps Distillation V acuum Evaporation Evaporation Reverse Osmosis PMT

Four-steps distillation: 640 kWh / m

Vacuum evaporation: 340 kWh / m
Evaporation 71 kWh / m
Reverse osmosis: 45 kWh / m excluding UV-disinfection
PMT-system (for water purification): 25 kWh / m fully self-supplying !

The PMT-System has an extremely low energy consumption !

 MAIN DIFFERENCE IN APPROACH

All present technologies are

focused on getting the salts
and minerals out of the
seawater or brackish water.

The PMT-Technology just

takes the water out, leaving
the salts and minerals behind.

We just take out what we need, not what we do not want.

PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

A PMT water desalination plant

requires about 65% of land and
factory buildings as compared
to a SWRO (Sea Water
Reverse Osmosis)-plant with
the same capacity.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

Of all the seawater taken in by

a SWRO plant, only about 40%
100% 3%
will become drinking water. The 90%
4%

rest is returned as brine, 80%

60%
upsetting the delicate balance 70%
60%
Seawater
Salts and Minerals
in the eco-system. 50% 100%
93%
Plankton
40% Brine

With the PMT-technology 30%

Drinking water

approx. 93% of the quantity of 20% 40%

10%
seawater taken in, will be 0%

transformed into clean drinking Influent PMT Effluent SW RO Effluent

water. The remains are different

* Seawater with a lot of plankton will result in a
salts and minerals and slightly lower effluent.
plankton.*
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

With SWRO the brine with all

salts and minerals are pumped
back into the sea, causing
potential harm to the local
ecosystem.

With PMT, all salts and

minerals can be separated and
generated from the system to
be sold on the world market. No
damage to the ecosystem will
occur.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

PMT is the only technology that

can produce clean drinking water
CO emissions,
or any other harmful byproducts,
directly nor indirectly
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

Water treated with a SWRO-

system is still full of germs and
therefore not drinkable yet.
Expensive after-treatments are
needed with a UV-disinfection
system before the water is
germ-free, or by chlorinating the
drinking water.
During the water purification with PMT, the process-
temperature at some stages will be between 150 160 C.
After the treatment with a PMT-system, the out-coming
water is therefore absolutely free of bacteria, fungi and
viruses.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

The PMT-technology is meeting all

international requirements in regards to the
quality of drinking water. At present PMT is
the only water purification technology
worldwide that can claim this.
PMT drinking water is absolutely germ-free.
The PMT-systems are produced according
to DIN, EN and ISO9001.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

120

With SWRO the membranes are 100

constantly getting clogged, so that the 80

system has to be re-flushed. The highly 60

100
priced membranes have to be replaced 40

quite often. 20

A PMT-system has no moving parts 0 5

SWRO PMT
which means less wear and tear.
Therefore, hardly any maintenance and Starting-point: SWRO = 100
repairs is needed.

A PMT-System uses only 4 Bar, whereas a SWRO-System can use up to 70 Bar.

The high pressure puts a lot of strain on the equipment in the plant and the risk for
explosions and injuries are significantly higher for a SWRO-System than for a
PMT-System.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

A PMT system does not need

120
highly qualified technicians nor
employees to watch the system 100

24 hours a day.
80

60

100
40

In the rare event something has

happened, a message by 20

cellular phone is sent to inform 0

10

the person at duty what has to SWRO PMT

be done.
Starting-point: SWRO = 100
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

With PMT, a water desalination

plant with a huge capacity does
not mean a huge and complex
installation. The modular set-up
enables to build a drinking
water plant with a large
capacity consisting of many
individual modular systems just
linked to each other.

From 50 m /hr up to 1,000 m /hr : it is just more of the same.

PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

When predetermining the size of a new water project usually a certain increase
in drinking water need is taken into account. In fact companies are investing and
paying for a capacity which is not needed in the early years.

With PMT, it is very easy to add-on.

300
Companies can start with the capacity
250
they actually need, and only invest in a
200
larger capacity as it is needed.
150

This way the capital investment is 100

spread out over a longer period of time 50

and all the capital is being utilized. 0

1900 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

* Source: Igor A. Shiklomanov / UNESCO, Paris 1999

PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS
PMT
SWRO

Due to the modular set-up

of a PMT water 120%

desalination plant there is 100%

always clean drinking 80%

water produced. If one unit 60%
is serviced all others are 100%
40% 80%
still in operation. This
20%
results in a 100 %
availability of clean 0%
PMT SWRO
drinking water all the time.

A SWRO-installation regularly requires re-flushing or the replacement of

membranes. At such times the full installation stands still and no drinking
water is produced. The needed water has to come from somewhere else.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

In itself the production of PMT-Systems is not very complex.

Therefore the manufacturing of most of the system of the
water plant can be done in the country of final destination.
The advantages are many:
1. The local economy will benefit from it
2. Less shipping expenses
3. The PMT-System automatically will meet all local
standards, warranties and regulations
4. In case of any malfunctioning component, it will be
warranted and serviced by local businesses instead of
some overseas provider, which may be difficult to reach
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

Within 6 months of ordering the

first PMT-systems can be
operative. To improve
manufacturing capacity on short
notice, PMT-systems can be
built all over the world.
Due to the simple design of the
PMT-System, the desired
drinking water output can be
increased in a relative short
period of time, in case of high
urgency.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

PMT is synonymous with reliability, because of:

a modular design of a desalination system so there is
always the right quantity of drinking water produced,
the use of only high quality parts and materials
therefore, minimizing the risk of a system-breakdown.

Despite the high quality, the unmatched environmental

advantages, the low maintenance and the high reliability the total
capital investment of a PMT plant is in the same price bracket as
a SWRO plant (converting seawater to drinking water). However,
the capital investment can be done as the capacity is needed
and not many years or decades in advance.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS

Some producers of SWRO installations may be offering a water

desalination plant at or below cost. This is based on that they
can sell the client highly customized and expensive membranes
and maintenance in the years to come.
PMTs business strategy is not to make money on maintenance
and spare parts. The client buys an installation to produce clean
drinking water, not to have it serviced and repaired frequently at
additional costs.
PMT COMPARED TO REVERSE OSMOSIS
PMT SWRO
1 Space 65% 100%
2 Efficiency rate 93% 40%
3 Damage to the ecosystem None Huge
4 CO emission None Yes
5 After-treatments needed No Yes
6 Quality of Drinking Water Best Good
7 Maintenance and Repairs Very low High
8 Labor Cost Low High
9 Complexity of the Installation Simple Complex
10 Capacity expansion Easy Difficult
11 Water plant up-time 100% 80%
12 Local economy will benefit Yes Some
13 Lead-time in months 6-12 24-36
but there
14 Total Capital Cost = =
is more . . .
15 Transparency Business Offer Clear Uncertain
Salt NaCl 27,33 kg $ 750,00 $ 1.705.801,95
Magnesium MgCl 0,85 kg $1.480,00 $ 104.690,76
MgSO4 0,52 kg $1.480,00 $ 64.046,11
MgBr 0,02 kg $1.480,00 $ 2.463,31
Bromide MgBr 0,07 kg $ 135,00 $ 786,43
Silicium Si 2,20 kg $ 135,00 $ 24.716,34
Strontium Sr 7,90 kg $ 135,00 $ 88.754,13

. . . and even more . . .

a PMT-Plant with a capacity of 1,000 m /hr, produces

373 Million m3 of hydrogen per year !

(= comparable to 128 Million liters of gasoline per year)

.
NO energy source is needed to operate a PMT-System

NO Coal NO Electricity NO Oil

Operating a PMT-system can be done for FREE

by using solar-energy by using wind energy by using its own produced hydrogen
 all other systems need costly energy to operate. A PMT-system can
run on its own produced hydrogen
PMT produces an excess amount of hydrogen which can be sold
PMT separates all the salts and minerals which can be sold

Instead of paying for energy costs, you can make money

out of the energy that the PMT-System generates
 PAMT won a Gold Medal at the
EUREKA World Innovation Fair in Brussels

for a trend-setting technology on purifying contaminated water.


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