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FIGURE 2 VALUE OF THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR MF MEMBRANES, 1990–2015 ($ MILLIONS) 30
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEMBRANE INDUSTRY 30
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MEMBRANE … (CONTINUED) 31
TABLE 6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT 32
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY 32
MATERIALS 33
Cellulosics 33
Polypropylene 33
Polysulfones 34
Fluorinated Polymers 34
Polyamides 34
Ceramics 35
Stainless Steel 35
Selecting Materials for MF Membranes 35
MANUFACTURING METHODS 36
Phase Separation 36
Track Etching 36
Stretching 37
Sintering 37
STRUCTURE 37
MODULES 38
Configuration 38
Plate and Frame 38
Tubular 38
Spiral Wound 38
Hollow Fiber 39
Pleated Sheet 39
FOULING 39
PRICING 40
TABLE 7 MEMBRANE COST BY CONFIGURATION ($/M2) 40
FILTRATION MODES 40
Direct-Flow Filtration 40
Cross-flow Filtration 41
MF 41
APPLICATIONS 41
TABLE 8 APPLICATIONS FOR MF MEMBRANES 42
TABLE 9 GLOBAL MF MEMBRANE MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2010 (%) 43
FIGURE 3 GLOBAL MF MEMBRANE MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2010 (%) 43
TABLE 10 GLOBAL VALUE OF THE MF MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 ($ MILLIONS) 44
FIGURE 4 GLOBAL VALUE OF THE MARKET FOR MF MEMBRANES BY APPLICATION, 1990–2015 ($ MILLIONS) 44
MUNICIPAL DRINKING WATER 44
WATER AVAILABILITY AND USAGE IN THE U.S. 45
TABLE 11 WATER DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S. BY SECTOR (BILLION GPD/%) 45
FIGURE 5 WATER DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S. BY SECTOR (%) 45
WATER USE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD 46
TABLE 12 GLOBAL WATER DISTRIBUTION BY SECTOR (%) 46
Chapter-4: MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR LIQUID AND GAS SEPARATIONS (MST041E)
INTRODUCTION 47
STUDY GOAL AND OBJ
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