WASTE-TREATMENT APPLICATIONS FOR REVERSE OSMOSIS

Reverse osmosis has come of age as a unit operation and is finding increasing usage in water and waste treatment. Large-scale (100-1000 gpm) units are currently operating throughout the world on a wide variety of feed streams. This paper summarizes the status of development of reverse- osmosis processing of municipal and industrial waste streams. Plants are described which process secondary effluent, metal-finishing wastes, and textile dye wastes. Capital and operating costs are also presented for reverse osmosis and compared with those of other desalting methods. /Author/

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  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Cruver, J E
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Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 246-251
• Serial:
  • ASME Transactions
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical processes; Costs; Desalination; Industrial wastes; Osmosis; Sewage treatment; Waste products (Materials)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reverse osmosis; Treatment; Water treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Industrial water; Waste gases
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083818
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM