Desalting and water treatment membrane manual: A guide to membranes for municipal water treatment. Water treatment technology program report No. 1
The Bureau of Reclamation prepared this manual to provide an overview of microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and electrodialysis processes as they are used for water treatment. Membrane composition, the chemical processes, and the physical processes involved with each membrane type are described and compared. Because care and maintenance of water treatment membranes are vital to their performance and life expectancy, pretreatment, cleaning, and storage requirements are discussed in some detail. Options for concentrate disposal, also a problematic feature of membrane processes, are discussed. The culmination of this wealth of knowledge is an extensive comparison of water treatment membranes commercially available at this time. The tables cover physical characteristics, performance data, and operational tolerances.
- Research Organization:
- Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO (United States). Div. of Research and Lab. Services
- OSTI ID:
- 160980
- Report Number(s):
- PB--96-118229/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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