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Table 5.20A  Membrane characteristics

             Parameter   Application
                        Power     Power      Power   Pulp+    MDF      Pulp+       Textile   Food     Food       Automotive
                                                     paper             paper
             Name of    Flag Fen (MF)   Flag Fen (RO)   Eraring   Apeldoorn   Chirk   Kirkniemi   South   Kanagawa   Passchendaele  Germany
             installation                                                          Wigston   Prefecture
             Company    Alpheus   Alpheus    Vivendi   Triqua BV   Esmil Process   Metso   PCI   Mitsubshi   Paques   Rhodia
                        Environmental  Environmental          Systems   Paperchem Oy   Membranes   Rayon Co      Orelis
                                                                                             Ltd
             Me m b r a n e   Hollow fibre   Spiral wound   Spiral   Tube   Spiral   CR filter   Spiral   Hollow fibre   Hollow fibre   Plate
             geometry                        wound            wound    (flat sheet)   wound
             Height (mm)   2000    1524      1016    -        1000     -           -         486      2600       900
             Width (mm)   1.3  (OD)   -      -       -        -        -           -         48       1300       310
             Diameter (mm)   150   200       216     8        200      1000        -         798      200        1.6
             Supplier   PALL filtration   Koch   -   -        0 s m o n i c s   Nadir Filtration   PCI   Mitsubshi   X-flow   Rhodia
                                                                       GmbH        Membranes   Rayon Co          Orelis
                                                                                             Ltd
             Membrane   1700      1451                        2022     720         1152      960      700        0.35per
             area (m2)                                                                                           plate
             Surface area   50    52                 -        31.6     80          -         160      35         55
             per module
             (m’)
             Material   PVDF      Polyamide   Cellulose   PVDF   Polyamide   Regenerated   Polysulphone  Polyethylene  PESjPVP   Acrylonitrile
                                             acetate                   cellulose.
                                                                       polysulphone
             Pore size (pm)   0.1   -        -                         -           -         0.1      -          -
             Material cut-off   -   200      98% salt                  30-100      -         -        50         50
             (ma)                            rejection
             Surface charge       ~          -       -       Anionic   Slightly negative   -   Anionic           Positive
                                                                                             (nearly 0)
             Hydrophobicity   Hydrophilic   Hydrophobic   -   Hydrophilic   -   Hydrophilic   -   Hydrophilic   Hydrophilic   Hydrophilic
             No. of streams   2   2          2       -       -         1           2         1        -          1
             Modules per   17     4:2 array   10:4   -       -         5:3:1 array   -       6                   1
             stream                          array
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