ADAPTOR AND SPIRAL WOUND REVERSE OSMOSIS APPARATUS USING THE SAME

摘要

An adapter for (420) converting a conventional reverse osmosis apparatus housing to a housing suitable for use with an unconventional spiral flow separator having a tangential feed inlet and a core pipe with permeate (210) and concentrate (212) discharge conduit assembly is provided. The adapter comprises a fitting (422) configured to couple a feed inlet of a conventional pressurizable housing detachable first portion to a central core element (210) of an unconventional spiral flow separator assembly. The fitting defines a conduit between an exhaust conduit of the central core element and the feed inlet, and is configured to prevent direct fluid communication between the exhaust conduit of the central core element and a feed surface of the separator assembly.