The nanofiber filter will pass seawater through a high-speed desalination process to deliver drinking water to people in inland areas.

High-speed filters for desalinating seawater are filters that remove salt and impurities from seawater to produce water that can be used as drinking water or industrial water. Conventional seawater desalination systems are based on the evaporation method, which removes salt by evaporating seawater, or the reverse osmosis method, which removes salt by reducing the pressure of seawater, but these methods consume a large amount of energy and have other issues.

The high-speed filter is a new technology developed to solve these problems. The high-speed filter is designed to allow only water molecules in seawater to pass through, not salt or impurities. As a result, they are more energy efficient and can desalinate seawater at a lower cost than conventional seawater desalination systems.

The two main types of high-speed filters are

Reverse osmosis membrane filters

Reverse osmosis filters use a membrane designed to allow only water molecules in seawater to pass through. The pore size of the membrane is very small, about 0.0001 microns, and salt and impurities cannot pass through.

Nanofiber Filters

Nanofiber filters use nanofibers designed to allow only water molecules in seawater to pass through. The diameter of the nanofibers is very small, only a few nanometers, and salt and impurities cannot pass through.

High-speed filters are a technology that is still under development, but is expected to become more widely used in the future.

Advantages of high-speed filters include the following

More energy efficient than conventional seawater desalination systems, enabling desalination at a lower cost

Compact and can be installed in any location

Easy to maintain

The disadvantages of the high-speed filter are as follows

Still under development, and there are challenges to practical application

Salt and impurities in seawater cannot be completely removed

High-speed filters are expected to contribute greatly to the spread of seawater desalination as their performance is further improved through future technological development.