Key Benefits
- Completely assembled
and ready for use, these systems include smart controls
for easy and economically integrate into your existing
control systems.
- Pre-fitted with
Hytrex cartridge pre filters to protect the pump and
membrane.
- Can be installed and
running in just a few hours.
- Customized testing
and design to your specific system needs.
Reverse osmosis occurs when
the water is moved across the membrane against the
concentration gradient, from lower concentration to higher
concentration. To illustrate, imagine a semipermeable
membrane with fresh water on one side and a concentrated
aqueous solution on the other side. If normal osmosis takes
place, the fresh water will cross the membrane to dilute the
concentrated solution. In reverse osmosis, pressure is
exerted on the side with the concentrated solution to force
the water molecules across the membrane to the fresh water
side.
Diffusion is the movement of
molecules from a region of higher concentration to a region
of lower concentration. Osmosis is a special case of
diffusion in which the molecules are water and the
concentration gradient occurs across a semipermeable
membrane. The semipermeable membrane allows the passage of
water, but not ions (e.g., Na+, Ca2+, Cl-) or larger
molecules (e.g., glucose, urea, bacteria). Diffusion and
osmosis are thermodynamically favorable and will continue
until equilibrium is reached. Osmosis can be slowed,
stopped, or even reversed if sufficient pressure is applied
to the membrane from the 'concentrated' side of the
membrane.
Reverse osmosis is often
used in commercial and residential water filtration. It is
also one of the methods used to desalinate seawater.
Sometimes reverse osmosis is used to purify liquids in which
water is an undesirable impurity (e.g., ethanol).
Engineering Innovation,
quality manufacturing and production control, dedicated
customer service, when you need an engineered solution or on
off the shelf membrane application, call HF Pure Water. |
