The Development of Household Membrane Filters for Drinking Water Treatment

Abstract:

The health risks and potential environment damage from unsafe municipal water have greatly accelerated the development of household water filter around the world. Similarly, the emergence of membrane technology in recently decades has greatly stimulated the rapid development and wide applications of membrane filter. The most widely used types of household membrane filters currently include RO membrane filter, UF membrane filter and MF membrane filter. Such filters are commercially available and of broad prospects in spite of membrane fouling. This review looks back over previous developments and applications of such three household membrane filters for better evaluation of their future development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 535)
• Pages: 446-450
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.535.446
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Xun Chao Li, Cong Li*
• Keywords: Drinking Water Treatment, Household Membrane Filters

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