Water treatment installation
US6349835B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 26, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC02F2303/16
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention concerns a water treatment method and installation, which consist in subjecting the water to be treated to membrane filtration (1) to satisfy the requirement for a relatively high flowrate of water for ordinary use (UF), subjecting the water that has been subjected to membrane filtering to reverse osmosis filtering (2) to satisfy the requirement for a smaller flowrate of water of improved quality (OS) and, outside periods of production of water filtered by reverse osmosis, sweeping the upstream face of the osmosis membrane (9) with the flow of membrane-filtered water drawn off to be consumed.
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