Fluence’s MABR unit is expected to start its operations at CR2C’s test facility next January. With the MABR unit installed, the CR2C faculty and research students will conduct independent evaluations of the technology.
The agreement for the installation of the MABR unit follows the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed in February this year.
The company stated that the deployment of the MABR unit can help in testing and achieving California’s strict Title 22 requirements for water reuse and allow observation of the plant.
Fluence managing director and CEO Henry Charrabé said: “Fluence’s innovative MABR technology as a reuse solution solves the water scarcity problem efficiently and cost-effectively in the US, specifically in California.
“Especially in regions where power is at a premium, our smart packaged decentralized MABR units produce the highest quality output while minimizing power consumption, operation and maintenance costs.”
It is claimed that this will be the second MABR unit being installed in the US and the first on the mainland. At the end of last year, the first MABR plant was commissioned in Bordeaux, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The Bordeaux plant received EPA approval in May this year and it has been in operations for about a year.
Fluence also claims that the MABR plant was fully operational within a few hours after Hurricane Irma struck the island, reflecting its reliability.
Image: This is the second time Fluence’s MABR is being installed in the US. Photo: Courtesy of Business Wire, Inc.
