WO2004080577A3 - Nanofiltration system for water softening with internally staged spiral wound modules - Google Patents

Nanofiltration system for water softening with internally staged spiral wound modules Download PDF

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WO2004080577A3
WO2004080577A3 PCT/CA2004/000374 CA2004000374W WO2004080577A3 WO 2004080577 A3 WO2004080577 A3 WO 2004080577A3 CA 2004000374 W CA2004000374 W CA 2004000374W WO 2004080577 A3 WO2004080577 A3 WO 2004080577A3
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Hidayat Husain
Pierre Lucien Cote
Fraser Charles Kent
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Hidayat Husain
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Abstract

A spiral wound membrane filtration module is operated with a single pass through the feed side and without cross-flow on the permeate side. Recovery is 70% or more and feed side velocities are between 0.05 and 0.4 feet per second. The module may have dams in the spacer material on the shell/feed side to provide a feed path with multiple passes across the membrane leaves. A small-scale system for using such a module, for example to soften and filter water with a nanofiltration membrane, is described. The system includes a chemical cleaning apparatus and process. Multiple membrane materials can be used in order to adapt the module selectivity.
PCT/CA2004/000374 2003-03-14 2004-03-12 Nanofiltration system for water softening with internally staged spiral wound modules WO2004080577A2 (en)

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