Abstract
The Frost & Sullivan research service titled Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration Technologies provides an overview of emerging membrane-based separation technologies and their applications in water treatment. It includes key drivers and restraints and an analysis of trends witnessed in the industry.
Table of Contents
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Research Highlights
- Introduction
- Key Research Highlights
- Scope and Methodology
- Scope
- Methodology
2 TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS VIEWPOINT
- Technology Primer
- Overview of Membrane-Based Separation Technologies
- Applications and Trends
- Technology Overview and Key Developments
- Ultrafiltration
- Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration
- Microfiltration
3 TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION FACTOR ANALYSIS
- Technology Accelerators and Barriers
- Overall Technology Accelerators
- Overall Technology Barriers
- Overall Application-Specific Drivers and Challenges
- Influential Market Factors and Regulatory Issues
- Assessment of Competing Technologies
- Regulatory Issues
4 ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
- Research and Innovation in the Americas
- Pressure Vessels That Can Withstand High Pressure for RO Plants--US
- Novel Membrane That Ensures Higher Efficiency of an RO Plant--US
- Nanofilter That Traps Particles of Micrometer Sizes--US
- Two-Stage Water Purification System for Home Use--Canada
- Ultrafiltration System for Processing Oily Wastewater--US
- Ultrafiltration Cartridge That Lowers Overall Pretreatment Costs--US
- Ceramic Foam Filter for Molten Metals--US
- Dual-Stage Membrane Bioreactor for Waste Treatment--US
- Microfiltration for Purification During Production of Ethanol--US
- Ultrafiltration for the Production of Speciality Sugars from Whey--US
- Deionization System for Continuous Production of Pure Water--US
- Reverse Osmosis Recovery Process Developed for Ammonium Nitrate Condensates--US
- Novel Ultrafiltration Membrane from Koch Membrane Systems--US
- Tool to Predict Loading of Organic Compounds in Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes--US
- Microfiltration for Corn Wet Milling--US
- Novel Polymer Membrane for Ultrafiltration--Chile
- Research and Innovation in Europe and Asia
- Novel Filtration Module for the Automotive Industry--France
- Multibore Membrane to Be Used in Power Generation From Wastewater--Germany
- Multichannel Membranes for Microfiltration--France
- Calculating Process Parameters of an RO Plant with Preheating--France
- Rankine-System-Based Solar-Powered RO Plant--Greece
- RO for Seafood Processing--France
- Novel Approach to Solving RO Pretreatment Problems--Germany
- Research at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology--India
- Novel Ozonization/Biofiltration Process for Water Treatment--Norway
5 PATENT ANALYSIS; DATABASE OF KEY INDUSTRY PARTICIPANTS
- Key Patents
- Patents in Ultrafiltration
- Patents in Reverse Osmosis
- Key Industry Participants
- Universities
- Corporates
6 FROST & SULLIVAN'S 2005 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
- Excellence in Technology Award
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
- Product Innovation Award
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
- Technology Innovation Award
- Award Description
- Award Recipient
7 CRITICAL REFERENCE TABLES; GLOSSARY
- Decision Support Database Tables
- Environment Protection Expenditure (1999-2006)
- Freshwater Resources Per Capita (1999-2006)
- Total Per Capita Water Consumption (1999-2006)
- Total Percentage of Domestic Water Consumption (1999-2006)
- Total Percentage of Industrial Water Consumption (1999-2006)
- Total Freshwater Resources (1999-2006)
- Total Freshwater Withdrawals (1999-2006)
- Freshwater Withdrawals Per Capita (1999-2006)
- Glossary
- Glossary of Key Terms-1
- Glossary of Key Terms-2
