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Facts at Your Fingertips-200903-Membrane Configurations PDF
Facts at Your Fingertips-200903-Membrane Configurations PDF
Configurations
Department Editor: Kate Torzewski
M
embrane polymers are pack- CHOOSING A CONFIGURATION Tubular
aged into a configuration,
In selecting a membrane configu- Porous
commonly called a device Membrane substrate
or an element. The most-common ration, it is important to consider
element configurations (figure) are how the packing density and con- Concentrate
tubular, capillary fiber, spiral wound, centration polarization of each Feed