Reverse Osmosis
Membrane filtration process that is usable in waters for which regular treatment systems do not satisfy (seawater, highly conductive well waters etc) to remove all unfavorable minerals to produce pure water is called as REVERSE OSMOSIS. Reverse osmosis system’s operation principle is based on the membranes on the device.
Water is forced to pass through the pores on the membranes under high pressure. During the process, water molecules and certain inorganic molecules can pass through these pores while most of substances in water fail to pass through them and concentrated water is forced outside.
“Cross flow” that occurs inside the membrane element maintains cleaning on the membrane surface and prevents it from being blocked. Thanks to cross flow, some of liquid (product water) passes through the membrane while other part (concentrated water) moves parallel to the membrane surface to prevent impurities from attaching on the membrane.