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The intention of this paper is to to provide a general overview of the commercial and technical development of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) from the perspective of a manufacturer of spiral-wound reverse osmosis membranes. It illustrates the rapid rate of growth of the capacity of SWRO plants arou
Desalination 224 (2008)

In this paper, long-term operational data from a medium scale RO plant based on brackish water FilmTec spiral wound RO membranes are presented and analysed. It was found that over a period of 500 days of continuous operation, the water permeability coefficient for the overall plant decreased by abou
Desalination 136 (2001)

A new generation of chemically modified, FILMTEC* thin-film composite, aromatic polyamide membrane elements has been introduced that exhibits reduced rates for bacterial adhesion, longer induction periods before biofilm start developing, and extended operating times between chemical cleanings. When
Desalination 126 (1999)