New ultrafiltration system for drinking water treatment for Point-Of-Entry applications (12/02/09)
Seccua, provider of standardized ultrafiltration installations for treating drinking water, introduces its X-Spot Pro installation to the market. Operating at a peak flow rate of up to 36 litres/min (9.5 GPM), it is particularly suited for the use in households, small individual water supplies, restaurants and catering businesses. The systems can be wall mounted, and filters turbidity and pathogens out of the water in a single step without utilization of chemicals. Environmentally friendly, the process leaves no residue in the water.
The new X-Spot Pro treats the water in such a manner that it is potable as regards to microbiological material. In a single step, the company claims, it removes more than 99.99% of all pathogens, including viruses, legionella and E. coli as well as turbidity. Following filtration, the water can be used for drinking, cooking and washing.
The danger of a membrane rupture was believed to be the main argument against the use of ultrafiltration as a single process for disinfecting drinking water. The installed SeccuMem Pro membrane module can withstand pressure changes, preventing damage, and contains a sturdy hollow fibre membrane made of high-performance material with a pore size of only 15 nanometres, which enables it to reliably retain pathogens.
Dissolved minerals easily pass through the membrane. To minimize the water consumption needed for self-cleaning, the X-Spot Pro automatically detects the degree of contamination of the filter by monitoring the pressure differential as a function of the flow rate, and only flushes the filters when it is actually necessary.
‘Small, decentralized water suppliers in particular can now use ultrafiltration as the single, reliable, extremely effective and environmentally friendly process for the treatment of drinking water,’ states Michael Hank, founder and managing director of
Seccua. ‘Our new X-Spot Pro ultrafiltration system leads the global industry in quality and reliability, while providing the end-user a simple installation that looks good and requires low maintenance.’
The new Seccua X-Spot Pro is available in two models with a filtration performance of 17 l/min (X-Spot Pro 500) and 36 l/min (X-Spot Pro 1000).
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