[12] Patent
[11] Patent No.:GC0013750  
[45] Date of Publishing the Grant of the Patent: 6/Aug /2025                101/2025  		 Number of the Decision to Grant the Patent:2025/203266
Date of the Decision to Grant the Patent:30/Jul/2025

[21] Application No.:GC 2019-37709

[22] Filing Date:6/6/2019

[30] Priority:

[33] State [32] Priority date [31] Priority No.
GB
8/6/2018
 1809494.6

[72] Inventor: CUNNINGHAM, George Leslie

[73] Owner: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 7BP, Middlesex, United Kingdom

[74] Agent: Abu-Gazaleh Intellectual Property L.L.C

  

 

   

[51]IPC:
Int. Cl.: B01D 61/12, 61/22; C02F 1/00; B01D 61/02, 61/14, 61/58, 65/02, 65/10; C02F 1/44, 103/08 (2006.01)

[56] Cited Documents:

-WO 2018053304 A1 (AMARAL AVRAHAM ISRAEL[IL]; LEVY RAVID [IL]; ELOVIC PHIL [IL]) 22 March 2018
-US 2015053596 A1 (KAGEYAMA KOUJI [JP] ETAL) 26 February 2015
-US 2011240557 A1 (GOODFELLOW JOHN A [CA]) 06 October 2011
-WO 2010109265 A1 (ABB RESEARCH LTD [CH];SUBBIAH SENTHILMURUGAN [IN] ET AL.) 30 September 2010  
Examiner: Eng. Sattam M.AlMutairi

[54] PREDICTIVE TOOL FOR MONITORING RO AND NF MEMBRANES
[57] Abstract: A predictive system for monitoring fouling of membranes of a desalination or water softening plant comprising ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, and/or nanofiltration (NF) membranes, the system including one or more UF skids comprising a plurality of UF units, each UF unit containing therein a plurality of UF membranes; one or more RO/NF skids comprising one or more RO/NF arrays, wherein each of the one or more RO/NF arrays comprises a plurality of RO units, with each RO unit containing therein a plurality of RO membranes, a plurality of NF units, with each NF unit containing therein a plurality of NF membranes; or a combination thereof; UF sensors and/or RO/NF sensors; and a controller comprising a processor in signal communication with the UF sensors and/or the RO/NF sensors.
No. of claims: 38     No. of figures: 4


 

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