Abstract:
A UNITARY, TUBLAR REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE IS MADE BY PLACING A VISCOUS CASTING SOLUTION CONTAINING A CELLULOSIC FILM FORMING MATERIAL, A SOLVENT, AND A LEACHABLE SWELLING AGENT INTO A HOLLOW TUBE, PLACING A CASTING BOB HAVING A CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION AT ITS WIDEST POINT INTO ONE END OF THE TUBE, PUSHING THE CASTING BOB THROUGH THE CASTING SOLUTION WITH A GAS UNDER PRESSURE TO FORM A CONTINUOUS FILM OF CASTING SOLUTION ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOLLOW TUBE, EXPOSING THE FILM TO AIR, AND CONTACTING THE
FILM WITH A LEACHING LIQUID TO FORM A REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE.
Abstract:
A packing composition effective to reduce the pH of alkaline liquids, used as a pretreatment, in association with a reverse osmosis membrane and support in a liquid treatment system, is made of an encapsulating matrix of polymeric material that is essentially water impermeable at a pH between about 4.5 and 8 and which becomes significantly water permeable at a pH above about 9, and an acidulous material which is encapsulated by the matrix at a pH between about 4.5 and 8, and released progressively from the matrix at a pH above about 9.