Trends in design and performance of commercially available reverse osmosis modules

✍ Scribed by J.D. Birkett

• Book ID: 103054578
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 400 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-9164
• DOI: 10.1016/0011-9164(83)87141-0

✦ Synopsis

In an effort to rationalize the specifications supplied with commercially available reverse osmosis modules, the author compiled nominal performance data on 145 modules offered by 12 manufacturers. Because test conditions varied considerably, the production rates were recalculated in terms of capacity per day, per unit of pressure in excess of osmotic pressure, and also in terms of capacity per day, per unit excess pressure, per unit volume of the membrane module. This latter parameter, which may be termed "pragmatic flux", can be plotted versus percent salt rejection, module length, and module diameter for various families of modules to illustrate advantages and limitations of scaleup in different membrane systems.

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