FILMTEC™ SW30HRLE-400

FilmTec offers various premium seawater reverse osmosis (RO) elements designed to reduce capital and operation cost of seawater RO systems. FILMTEC™ products combine premium membrane performance with automated precision fabrication and maximize system output to unprecedented performance.

FILMTEC SW30HRLE-400 element (named FILMTEC SW30HRLE-380 until June 2004) offers very high productivity and rejection, enabling the lowest total cost of water for seawater desalination. Benefits of FILMTEC SW30HRLE-400 include:

  • Enables systems to be designed and operated to optimize operating cost through lower energy consumption or to optimize capital cost through higher productivity at lower operating fluxes.
  • Highest NaCl and boron rejection to help meet World Health Organization (WHO) and other drinking water standards.
  • Can effectively be used in permeate staged seawater desalination systems without impairing the performance of the downstream stage.
  • High performance over the operating lifetime without the use of oxidative post-treatments like many competitive products.  This is one reason FILMTEC elements are more durable and may be cleaned more effectively over a wider pH range (1-13) than other RO elements.
  • Automated, precision fabrication with a greater number of shorter membrane leaves reduces the effect of overall fouling and maximizes element efficiency, lowering your cost of operation.
Product Name Nominal Active Surface Area
ft2 (m2)
Permeate Flow Rate
gpd (m3/d)
Stabilized Salt Rejection
(%)
Minimum Salt Rejection
(%)
FILMTEC SW30HRLE-400 400 (37) 7500 (28) 99.75 99.60
1. The above values are normalized to the following conditions: 32,000 ppm NaCl, 5 ppm boron, 800 psi (5.5 MPa), 77°F (25°C), pH 8, 8% recovery.
2. Permeate flows for individual elements may vary +/-15%.
3. Product specifications may vary slightly as improvements are implemented.
4. Active area guaranteed +/-5%.  Active area as stated by FilmTec is not comparable to the nominal membrane area figure often stated by some element suppliers.  Measurement method described in Form No. 609-00434 (4223KB PDF).

5. Stabilized Boron Rejection - 91%.





These membranes may be subject to drinking water application restrictions in some countries: please check the application status before use and sale.


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