Ultrafiltration; Microfiltration and Reverse Osmosis Technology

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