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Make Water Anywhere With Pall Integrated Membrane Systems: Tim Lilley, Pall Corporation Portsmouth, April 2012
Make Water Anywhere With Pall Integrated Membrane Systems: Tim Lilley, Pall Corporation Portsmouth, April 2012
Dissolved
Dissolved Suspended
Size (µm) 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1.0 10 100 Size (µm)
10
3
Suspended Solids 10
5
Dissolved Solids
Seawater
2 4
10 10
1 3
10 10
Seawater
0 2
10 10
-1 1
10 10
-2 0
10 10
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Dissolved
Dissolved Suspended
Size (µm) 0.0001 0.001 0.01 0.1 1.0 10 100 Size (µm)
Feed
Feed
Microporous/Semipermeable
membrane
Filtrate Filtrate/Permeate
Feed contaminants
Ultrafiltration
Previously
Filtered seawater
Transmembrane Pressure
filtered seawater
Backwash
outlet
Air inlet
Raw seawater
Time
Backwash
outlet
Given the broad range of inlet solids and the life expectancy
It is vital to use a physically robust and chemically resistant
Membrane:
Homogenous construction
Chemically inert PVDF
High degree of crystallinity
Homogenous fibre
material imparting high
mechanical strength
0.1µm rated
membrane fibre, Highly crystalline PVDF
1.2mm OD, pre-treatment membrane
0.8mm ID
Stable TMP
restoration value
MF pre-treatment
DTRO special
upgrade
Submarine