The cost-effective protection of membranes is critical to making membrane filtration processes economically advantageous. A technology that could improve both efficacy and cost-efficiency is pre-filtration with automatic self-cleaning microfiber technology. This technology utilizes an automatic self-cleaning microfiber system to filter suspended s...

Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Desalination Through Pre?Filtration...

Optimizing the pretreatment, including pre filtration at a membrane treatment plant can save money and the environment by reducing fouling and chemical usage. A multi stage approach can effectively pretreat the water to reduce membrane fouling....

The paper describes case studies from membrane plants that employ automatic self-cleaning filters and have significantly improved their productivity and efficiency....