KMS Selected To Provide Potable Water System To Tate-Monroe Water Association Of Ohio
RO to include 60 MegaMagnum® 18" Diameter Elements
Wilmington, MA — Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS), a developer and manufacturer of innovative membranes and membrane systems, has been selected to provide reverse osmosis (RO) equipment under a contract with the Tate-Monroe Water Association of Ohio for its US 52 Water Treatment Plant. The project, which was awarded to the Burgess & Niple engineering firm, will provide potable water from a groundwater source in a bedrock aquifer. Dugan & Meyers Construction Company of Cincinnati, OH will be conducting all site, concrete work, and process equipment installation.
Burgess and Niple selected a two-train MegaMagnum® RO system from KMS. Each train is configured in a 4:2 array that includes six 18-inch diameter vessels with five elements per vessel. A single 18-by-61-inch MegaMagnum spiral element contains 2,800-square-feet (260 m2) of membrane surface area, compared to 400-square-feet (37 m2) in commonly deployed 8-by-40-inch products.
"Tate-Monroe originally piloted 4-inch diameter FLUID SYSTEMS® TFC®-S elements from KMS, and the final system will use the same TFC-S membrane in an 18-inch diameter element," said Alden Whitney, Sales Director Water and Wastewater. "The system is scheduled for startup in early 2008."
The pre-engineered packaged systems enable fast installation and start-up. These systems are available in four configurations, with nominal flow capacity ranging from 0.5 to 2.0 million gallons per day. To facilitate shipment and installation, the systems are mounted on one or two skids, depending on the system size. KMS has also developed a special mechanism to easily load and unload pressure vessels with the large elements. A typical installation will take less than 30 minutes to load each MegaMagnum vessel, a time that is comparable to conventional 8-inch vessels.
SOURCE: Koch Membrane Systems