WATER AND WASTE WATER
MICROFILTRATION
- Prior to other membrane treatment they are used for the pretreatment of surface water, seawater and municipal effluent.
- They are useful for producing
- Drinking water
- Irrigation
- Industrial water reuse and makeup water
ULTRAFILTRATION
- Sterile filtration of drinking and beverage water
- Treatment of surface water
- Recovery of filter backflushing water
- Separation of oil/water emulsions
- Recovery of electrodeposition paint
- Removal of metal hydroxides in wastewater treatment
- Separation of biomass in biotechnology
- Wastewater treatment and re-use
- Membrane bioreactors
NANOFILTRATION
- Recovering LiOH while treating battery waste
- Removes degreasing agents from water
- Removes hardness in water
- Natural organic matter is removed
- Pesticide removal · Heavy metals like (As, Pb), Fe, Cu, Zn and silica is removed
REVERSE OSMOSIS
- Desalination of sea and brackish water.
- Desalination of ground water.
- In industries where the concentration of a wet process stream is needed. The popular industries in which they are used are:
- Electronic parts manufacturing
- Specialty foods
- Pharmaceuticals
- For purifying water to be used in green house irrigation