Reverse osmosis or reverse osmosis purification process as it is also known is designed to purify water molecules, ions, organisms, pathogens, chlorine, rust, sand and bacteria, as well as prevent tastes and odours in the water. Unlike normal osmosis, reverse osmosis is not a natural process but a process that requires an external force.
The process of reverse osmosis
The process of reverse osmosis allows a solution (eg salt water) to pass through a membrane using osmotic pressure. The pressure transforms the solution from a high concentration of dissolved substances (salt) solution with low a concentration of dissolved substances (purified water). The filters non-porous membrane and thick microscopic compressed polymer allows, in most cases, only the passage of water. The high pressure and high concentration of dissolved substances causes the water to seep through from one membrane to the other and become purified.
Reverse osmosis water purification at home
Reverse osmosis is also used as one of the stages of water purification within the home. However, in addition to the mechanical filter installed in them, which is designed to prevent the passage of particles over a certain size, its carbon filter also captures chlorine and organic compounds. Domestic facilities that use the reverse osmosis method of water purification do not use gravity to create the external pressure required. This often leads to just 25% of purified water passing through.
Reverse osmosis in the food industry
The food industry uses the reverse osmosis method in wine production and the production of fruit juice concentrates. In the seventies the reverse osmosis method was also used to create maple syrup.
Other uses of the reverse osmosis system
Car wash facilities sometimes use the reverse osmosis method – using purified water to wash a car means there is less mineral composition in the water and consequently decreases the amount of water remaining on the car after washing reducing the load on the drying facilities.
The T6 is a superior way to get pure water
The T6 triple-purification process removes all the impurities and taste and odour issues associated with tap water (whereas reverse osmosis removes everything from the water). The T6, through its sophisticated triple purification process keeps the natural minerals of water like calcium and magnesium present. So not only is the water pure and the best tasting with all of the natural minerals present but it also dispenses it boiling hot or ice cold at the touch of a button – convenience doesn’t get much better than the T6!