Product Profile of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Plant
Commercial reverse osmosis water purification plant is a water purification technology that uses a semi permeable membrane. Water purification plant has an applied pressure that is used to overcome osmotic pressure, a colligative property that is driven by chemical potential, a thermodynamic parameter. Commercial reverse osmosis water purification plant can remove many types of molecules and ions from solutions, and is used in both industrial processes and the production of potable water.
Key Features of Commercial Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Plant
- Has an applied pressure that is used to overcome osmotic pressure, a colligative property that is driven by chemical potential, a thermodynamic parameter
- Has a water purification technology that uses a semi permeable membrane
- Can remove many types of molecules and ions from solutions, and is used in both industrial processes and the production of potable water
- Solute is retained on the pressurized side of the membrane and the pure solvent is allowed to pass to the other side
- Membrane should not allow large molecules or ions through the pores (holes), but should allow smaller components of the solution (such as the solvent) to pass freely
- Solvent naturally moves from an area of low solute concentration
- Movement of a pure solvent is driven to reduce the free energy of the system by equalizing solute concentrations on each side of a membrane, generating osmotic pressure
- Applying an external pressure to reverse the natural flow of pure solvent, thus, is reverse osmosis
- Involves a diffusive mechanism, so that separation efficiency is dependent on solute concentration, pressure, and water flux rate
