AMPAC USA Launches A New Line Of Forward Osmosis Water Treatment Units
by Jose Malave I am an author.AMPAC USA recently
launched a new line of Forward Osmosis treatment products. The company
primarily worked with advanced reverse osmosis for water treatment and is now
working towards creating a market for the FO process. AMPAC USA’s CEO Sammy
Farag elaborates, “It offers more as we venture more into the technology and
applications for it. Till now, use of this technology has reaped benefits in R
& D and after years of creating prototypes, running pilots we were able to
build a line of FO products that can be useful in the industry.”
Forward Osmosis -
FO Process
Forward Osmosis is an osmotic process that effects the
separation of water from dissolved solutes with a semi-permeable membrane. In
contrast to RO, it occurs rather naturally by using a draw solution with
predetermined concentration. It is controlled to have more concentration than
the feed solution resulting in an automatic osmosis process. Due to this, the
process is more energy-saving than RO. It is also known as Engineered or
Manipulated Osmosis in the industry. But how do the treatment units work?
Forward Osmosis (FO)
Purification Systems
Treatment systems use
the process to separate water molecules from dissolved solutes in the feed
solution. Experts conducted the most extensive and comprehensive research on
the subject to get in-depth knowledge of how to create energy-efficient FO
products.
The products
manufactured are especially known to be helpful in the commercial line of
brewing coffee and beer. The unique technology allows brewers to retain taste,
flavor, color, and aroma of certain elements. Skilled workers custom design an
FO treatment product that suits particular needs. These systems can be
manufactured to suit residential, commercial and industrial purposes and are able to provide required
water permeate at the touch of a button.
Farag says, “It has
proven to be an asset for purification applications like pre-treatment of
difficult wastewater, retention of desirable compounds, use desalination for
low membrane fouling, application in evaporative cooling towers and more. In
fact, we also developed an FO-RO process for treating wastewater coming from
cannabis cultivation centers which are a relatively new concept in the field.”
Forward Osmosis And
Reverse Osmosis
FO can be used with RO
for better permeate results. After FO, the draw solution contains dissolved
salts with water molecules. “When we put this process through RO, pure
drinking water is produced instantly. FO essentially may not be able to remove
all the dissolved chemicals, metals, microorganisms and so on,” says Farag.
“For this, treatment with RO is more than enough, it removes almost 100% of
the remaining contaminants.”
This way, the RO
process becomes more efficient as FO protects the membrane from constant
fouling and because the draw solution can be used again, it’s a sustainable
process. This combination is applied in treating wastewater from cannabis
cultivation centers for whom, the wastewater discharge guidelines are
stringent.
AMPAC USA is now
offering a wide range of FO operated treatment products.
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