Osmotek: Direct/Reverse Osmosis Technology

Technology Properly Applied "By using Direct Osmosis on leachate and Reverse Osmosis on the salt brine concentration, the Osmotek approach applies technology to its proper use."
	Membranes have been used to treat wastewater and to produce clean water for forty years. Standard membrane technology is economical but technically limited by membrane fouling when treating difficult streams. Leachate is a fouling stream and its composition varies over time, making it well suited for treatment by Direct Osmosis.
	Disposal or treatment of concentrated leachate produced by a membrane is costly. Direct Osmosis produces higher concentrations and lower volumes of concentrate than other membrane techniques. This performance advantage gives cost advantages to Direct Osmosis as a treatment technique for leachate.
	In Direct Osmosis, salt brine is diluted by clean water pulled out of leachate. Brine is a nonfouling stream and is easily reconcentrated for repeated use by reverse osmosis. Desalinization is what reverse osmosis was originally designed to do, while leachate treatment is not.
	The dilute brine is clean, or nonfouling. Leachate is a fouling stream and its composition varies over time, making it well suited for treatment by Direct Osmosis. By using Direct Osmosis on leachate and Reverse Osmosis on the salt brine concentration, the Osmotek approach applies technology to its proper use. << NEXT PAGE >>
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Technology Properly Applied "By using Direct Osmosis on leachate and Reverse Osmosis on the salt brine concentration, the Osmotek approach applies technology to its proper use."

Technology Properly Applied

"By using Direct Osmosis on leachate and Reverse Osmosis on the salt brine
concentration, the Osmotek approach applies technology to its proper use."