KUWAIT CITY, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) has been granted a patent on the construction of a desalination plant by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said on Sunday.
Scientists from a water research center affiliated with KISR managed to reduce the hydraulic pressure required for the desalination of seawater, validating a new theory dealing with the seawater desalination process, KISR said in a statement.
By trial and error, scientists designed the first desalination unit with a capacity of 30,000 liters per day, churning out 35 percent of fresh water output with 15 percent of atmospheric pressure, the statement noted.
Laboratory tests determined that the quality of water produced by the desalination unit meets international standards set by the World Health Organization, said the statement.
The new invention has led to major advancement in the desalination process, providing a more efficient and less costly alternative to conventional strategies, KUNA said.
