Complexities in simple raw water treatment!

Using Raw water in industry is an advantage, however it has its own challenges and difficulties too. Treating raw water is a complex process, though it seems to be a simple process prima-facie. If, due consideration to seasonal deviation in water quality, understanding and foreseen the errors in pre-treatment system, if not given, then membrane … Read more

Unique and silent communication with membranes

Membrane autopsy is defined as, ‘Excellent tool or technique to understand and diagnose the problem related to fouling, scaling, salt passage flow, flux and pressure difference across the sides.’ However, with our vast experience in such autopsies we understood that Autopsy technique has it’s meaning, way beyond the above-mentioned definition. It is actually a silent … Read more

Glue formation in Reverse Osmosis Process

CETP (common Effluent Treatment Plant) located in one of the well known textile industry zone, has RO Membrane system for treated water recycling. In, comparatively, shorter span of two years, management has to replace all the membranes forcefully due to deterioration of product quality, quantity and rise in unscheduled cleaning frequency. Deterioration of product quantity … Read more

Erosion of Membrane

One of the India’s leading power generation company used to rely more on traditional water treatment tools for boiler feed water treatment. So, system and setup was developed in accordance to that. The company’s power generation setup in South India had tried reverse osmosis + EDI treatment on boiler feed water for the first time. … Read more

Does MBR Support RO Membrane in Engineering Industries?

Large Automotive manufacturer in India was operating traditional ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) with UF (Ultra Filtration) and RO (Reverse Osomosis), for treated water recycling since 5 years. Last year, they modified their effluent treatment plant and adopted MBR (Membrane Bioreactors) based treatement. Naturally, being latest trend they were expecting better performance and lesser footprint. But, … Read more