RO pre-treatment system

RO pre-treatment system Hydrometries, Helena, Montana, USA,

claims

that

its

recently

The company says that the technology lowers operation and

designed high efficiency reverse

maintenance costs and will enable

osmosis (HEROTM) pre-treatment

some facilities to reduce their

sequence will allow reverse osmosis

discharge levels to zero through

(RO) to be applied to a broader

water reuse or conservation.

range of industrial wastewaters. HERO

pre-treats

water

The system was designed for to

remove major cations (hardness) and

wastewater

discharges

for

the

chemical, petrochemical and power

anions (alkalinity), which is said to

industries.

allow RO membranes to efficiently

include: produced water from oil

remove trace constituents.

and

According to Hydrometrics, the process

eliminates

membrane

scaling and fouling on industrial

gas

Typical wells;

applications

cooling

tower

blowdown; reduction of wastewater requiring

deep

well

injection;

evaporator feed pre-concentration;

wastewaters without the use of pre-

wastewater treatment that cannot

filtration, activated carbon or anti-

use

sealants; even on wastewater with

membrane

conventional

RO

fouling;

due

and

to

water

up to 20 000 parts per million

containing

(ppm) total dissolved solids (TDS),

suspended solids and biological

elevated silt density index (SDI) or

activity.

oil and grease. This is said to allow

For further information contact: Hydrometries, Inc, 1727 Airport

HERO to operate at a recovery of 95%, and achieve a 5-fold reduction in waste volume and 2-3 times than conventional RO

oil

and

grease,

Road, Helena, MT 59601, USA. Tel: + I 4064434150; Fax: +1 4064431151; Website: www.hydrometrics.com

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