Quality

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Industry Leader in RO Expertise and Membrane
Applications Since 1983
? Quality ? Service ? Reliability
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Company Overview

• ? Dr. Gil Dhawan in the water treatment
  industry since 1972.
• ? Applied Membranes Incorporated was founded in
  1983.
• ? AMI is distinctive for offering complete
  systems with full technical support.
• ? AMI manufactures RO, UF, NF, and MF membrane
  elements using the best materials available in
  the industry.
• ? AMI is one of the largest stocking
  distributors of all components for water
  purification systems.
• ? AMI is experienced in all water treatment
  technologies, using membrane technology as the
  core treatment.

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Capabilities

• Design Engineering ? Mechanical ?
  Electrical ? Chemical
• Manufacturing ? Assembly ? Electrical panels
  ? Controls ? Factory testing
• Process Design ? Boiler feed water ? High
  purity water ? Potable water ? Seawater
  desalination

• 4. Operation Maintenance ? Worldwide
  installation ? Start-up support? Network with
  local service companies ? On-going
  technical assistance, equipment, process?
  Preventive maintenance
• Training ? In-house training? Field training?
  RO Training Seminar
• Technical Support Service? Membrane Cleaning?
  Foulant Analysis? Reference manuals

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In-House Capabilities

• State-of-the-art 55,000 sq. ft. Manufacturing
  Facility
• All System Engineering and Design
• Full Range of Mechanical and CAD Drawings

• Electrical Design and Panel Assembly
• PLC Programming
• Assembly and Pre-Testing Before Shipment
• Systems Frames and Manifolds
• After Sale Technical Support
• Installation Supervision Field Service
  Technicians are available for travel
  world-wide

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Applied Membranes is a designer and manufacturer
of some of the finest commercial and industrial
reverse osmosis water filtration systems in the
industry.
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• Applied Membranes providesboth standard and
  customizeddesigns in system sizes ranging from
  100 gallons per day to millions of gallons per
  day. These systems also include all pretreatment
  and post-treatment equipment.

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With over 20 years experience, Applied Membranes
has earned a worldwide reputation for its
competitive pricing, prompt service, fast
delivery, and strong technical support.

• We take pride in designing and manufacturing the
  right product to fit your application. Our
  engineers and applications experts will design
  the best solution for your requirements.

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Products
Our company has developed many of its own main
components for use in systems that are produced
according to our specifications. These include
but are not limited to
Membrane HousingsStainless Steel PVC
MembranesResidential - Commercial RO, NF, UF, MF
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Products
Our company has developed many of its own main
components for use in systems that are produced
according to our specifications. These include
but are not limited to
Microprocessor Controllers
InstrumentsPressure Gauges Flowmeters
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Products
Our company has developed many of its own main
components for use in systems that are produced
according to our specifications. These include
but are not limited to
Filter Housings Cartridges
Capillary Type Flow Restrictors
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Residential Elements
We manufacture a large selection of residential
membranes including TFC, NF, UF, Private Label
Replacement Elements in a wide range of flow
rates and configurations.
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• Applied Membranes manufactures membrane elements
  for ? Reverse Osmosis
• ? Nanofiltration
• ? Ultrafiltration
• ? Microfiltration

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Reverse Osmosis

• Applications
• ? Residential? Commercial ? Industrial? Tap
  Water? Brackish Water? Seawater? Special

Sizes ? 1.8 to 8 Diameter ? 12 to 40 Length
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Nanofiltration

MgSo4 Rejection 97-99NACL Rejection 30-95
In Materials NF Polyamide Thin Film Composite
NF
Applications ? Hardness Rejection? Wastewater
Treatment? Liquid Concentration? Methanol
Recovery? Oil-Water Separation? Color Removal?
Metal Reclamation from Rinse Water
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Ultrafiltration

5,000 to 1,000,000 Molecular Weight Cut-Off
In Materials ? Polyethersulfone PES?
Polyacronitrile PAN

• Applications
• ? Ultrapure Water? Wastewater Treatment? Water
  Reuse? Food Processing? Pharmaceutical

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Microfiltration

0.1 to 0.2 Micron Pore Size
In Materials ? PVDF VDF? Polysulfone PS
Applications ? Wastewater? Oil-Water Separation
? Beverage Polishing? Surface Water Bacteria
and Oil Remediation? Best for very low
pressure, high-flux applications
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COMPONENTS

• Applied Membranes carries every component used in
  building reverse osmosis systems of any size.
  Our large inventory of these components allows us
  to give our customers a fast and efficient
  service. We are a major stocking distributor for
  FilmTec membranes.

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Automatic Backwashing Media Filters - 9 Dia. to
8 Dia.

• Multimedia Filters for Sediment Removal
• Softeners To Remove Hardness
• Carbon Filters For Chlorine, Taste Odor
• Calcite Filters For Neutralization
• Iron Removal Filters
• Arsenic Removable Filters
• SS Carbon Towers

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• Applied Membranes has formulated its own
  proprietary membrane cleaning chemicals. These
  products are a result of over 20 years of
  hands-on experience of our engineers and
  chemists. We offer technical expertise and
  assistance in troubleshooting and cleaning of RO
  membranes to give you an optimum system
  performance.

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• Membrane Cleaning Chemicals

Also Available Antiscalants, Dispersants
Support Products
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Cleaning Cartridges
Membrane Cleaning Cartridges

• ? Clean Membranes Without Removing them from
• Your System
• ? Reduce Downtime
• ? Maintain Your System Performance at a Higher
• Level
• ? Prolong Membrane Life by Regular Use of AMI
• Cleaning Cartridges
• ? Simply Exchange the Pre-filter Cartridge in
  Your
• System with a Cleaning Cartridge. Follow
  the
• Instructions

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Applied Membranes also offers Membrane
Cleaning Rejuvenating Services

• ? Flow and Rejection Testing
• ? Membrane Preservation
• ? Membrane Autopsy
• ? Complete Standard Cleaning
• 2.5, 4, 8 Membranes
• ? Membrane Foulant Analysis
• ? Membrane Cleaning On-Site

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Cleaning Systems
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Monitor the fouling tendency of RO feedwater
Calculate the Silt Density Index (SDIT) as
follows  SDIT (P30 T) 1-(titf)
100
T Where  P30 Percent at 207 kPa (30 psi)
feed pressure T Total elapsed flow
time, min (usually 15 min) ti
Initial time required to collect 500 mL of
sample(s) tf Time required to collect
500 mL of sample after test time T (usually 15
min)
Model No SDI-2000 DirectSDI Assembled
with ? Filter Holder? Pressure Gauge? Pressure
Regulator ? Ball Valve Filters Sold Separately.
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What is RO?

• OsmosisNormal Flow from Low to High
  Concentration

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What is RO?

• Reverse OsmosisFlow Reversed by application of
  pressure to high concentration solution

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Reverse Osmosis Process
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Cross-Flow
Membrane Filtration
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Customer References List of Select Installations
Experience

• Boiler Feed Water
• San Diego Gas Electric
• General Motors
• Bahamas Oil Refining
• NP Cogeneration
• Molycorp
• Ultrapure, USP XXIII
• Fesenius
• Shearing Plough
• Hua Yue Microelectronics
• Northrop
• Bethesda Medical Center
• Resorts and Hotels
• Sheraton Beach Resort
• Fiesta Americana
• Grupo Posadas
• Cozumel Hotel
• Cotton Bay Club

• Beverage, Bottled Water
• Pepsi Cola
• Coca Cola
• McKesson
• Ameripack
• Cott Beverages
• Manufacturing/Rinsing
• DOW Chemical
• Allmetal Corporation
• Hydraunautics
• Northrop
• McDonnel Douglas
• Water Reuse
• Nalco
• US Army
• Millmax
• Trionetics

• Seawater Desalination
• Ministry of Water Electricity, UAE
• Mexican Navy
• Cominco
• Aqua Purfication
• Matic
• Kidney Dialysis
• Baxter
• Northwest Kidney
• Mt. Baker Kidney
• Viscount
• Lake Washington Kidney
• Municipal Water Treatment
• City of Nevada, Missouri
• Mexico City
• City of Redding
• City of Fairbanks
• City of Lochbuie

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K-488FRO System with Control Assembly on Skid

Experience
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SDGEBoiler Feed Water for Power Generation

Experience
Two 200 GPM Systems including Media Filtration
and Reverse Osmosis.The Dual System
Configuration Allows for Parallel or 2-pass
Operation.
(High Barium Causes Fouling)(Aluminum Hydroxide
from Alum fouling)
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General Motors

Experience

• Two 250 gal/Min Ro with Media filters.
• Boiler Feed Water
• Remote monitoring via modem
• 10 year lease with responsibility for
  performance, maintenance, and consumables.

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Hua Yue Microelectronics

Experience

• Rinse water for microchips manufacturing
• Resistivity 17.5 megaohms/cm
• TOC lt 100 ppb
• DO2 lt 100 ppb
• SiO2 lt 5 ppb
• Microorganisms lt 50/100 mL
• Product Flow 300 gal/min
• Ozone, Hydrocyclone, media filters, carbon
  filter, 2-pass RO, membrane degassifiers, mixed
  bed DI, UV, microfiltration,
• PVDF piping.

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Hotel Fiesta AmericanaSeawater RO System
Experience

• 100 GPM Seawater RO System
• with media filter and UV.
• Less Than 500 ppm TDS
• Open Sea Intake

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Food Processing Plant in Argentina

Experience

• Process Water
• Cheese Manufacturing
• Eight 100,000 GPD Systems
• Reduce TDS of brackish well water
• Remote monitoring

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US Army Base, Florida

Experience

• Ground Water Remediation
• UF/RO System
• 100,000 gal/Day

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Volkswagen, MexicoWater Reuse

Experience

• 500,000 Gallons per Day Permeate Flow
• Media Filter
• Microfiltration
• Reverse Osmosis

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Tarrent Company
Experience

• 500,000 gal/Day System
• Includes media filter,
• microfiltration, and RO.
• Reuse of Plant Waste Water

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Ministry of Water Electricity, U.A.E.

Experience

• High brackish water 10,000 TDS
• Four 60,000 gal/Day Systems
• Containerized
• Includes media filter, chemical injection, RO,
  storage tank, UV, cleaning system.

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City of Nevada, MissouriMunicipal Water System

Experience

• Municipal Water Treatment
• Potable Water
• Permeate flow of 1.4 Million Gallons Per Day.

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Mexico City
Experience
Mexico City Municipal System

• ? 1.4 million gallons/day
• ? Ground water remediation
• ? Nitrate lt 0.5 ppm
• ? Includes media filter and RO

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Performance Record

• SYSTEMS SOLD
• Total number of system sold since 1983 is about
  20,000.
• SYSTEM TESTING
• All Systems are 100 tested for a minimum of 24
  hours.
• RETURNS
• No systems have ever been returned to us due to
  performance. Minor problems that are fixed in
  the field are less than 1 in 200.

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Quality Assurance

• Applied Membranes is ISO 90012000 Certified
• Each system is assembled according to
  documentation provided by the Engineering
  Manager
• Detailed Bill of Materials
• Individual Work Order number Note The work
  order number is used for all steps of
  manufacturing and is incorporated in the serial
  number.
• Detailed Work Order
• PID drawing
• Performance data under expected operating
  conditions
• During assembly each system is checked by the
  Engineering Manager, Assembly Supervisor and
  Production lead to ensure that is in accordance
  with the documentation.
• After assembly each system is performance tested
  under expected operating conditions. Performance
  of the system is documented by the Engineering
  Manager and Q.C. inspector. Performance data
  documentation includes

• Feed pressure, concentrate pressure
• Incoming water quality (TDS)
• Permeate water quality (TDS)

• Water Temperature
• Permeate flow, concentrate flow and recycle flow

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Quality Assurance

• After acceptance by the Engineering Manager and
  Q.C. inspector, the system is given a serial
  number. The serial number includes the work
  order number for traceability.
• The salesperson makes a final overall check for
  appearance and accordance with the customers
  order against the documentation. Salesperson
  works with accounting and shipping to make the
  shipment to the customer.
• Changes to System orders
• Customer initiated changes are documented by the
  sales person and forwarded to the Engineering
  Manager.
• Engineering Manager works with the Assembly
  Supervisor to determine what is needed to make
  the change and responds back to the Salesperson.
• Salesperson forwards the change order to the
  Engineering Manager who makes the documentation
  changes and works with the Assembly Supervisor to
  implement the change(s).

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Industry Leader in RO Expertise and Membrane
Applications Since 1983

• We thank you for taking the time to learn more
  about our company, and would appreciate the
  opportunity to work with you.