GE P&W HERO High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis - Manual

Fact Sheet
Modular Ultrapure Water Plant
Flexible, Pre-Engineered, Proven Designs
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For many years, GE has partnered with our
customers requiring ultrapure water and
treatment of other difficult to treat streams and
provided solutions based on the patented High
Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO
TM ) process. The
HERO operates at a very high water conversion
factor (typically an overall recovery of 90% to
98%) while producing a much higher quality
effluent water when compared to traditional
water treatment technologies. The HERO process
can operate reliably at a flux rate of 30 GFD or
more, handle higher levels of silica in the feed,
reject silica and boron more efficiently, and elimi-
nate biofouling – parameters that are difficult to
achieve using a traditional RO.
Now, GE has taken the benefits of the HERO proc-
ess and added more value with our pre-
engineered design packages. Depending on the
application, one, some, or all of these design mod-
ules (See Figure 2) can be utilized to treat a variety
of feed sources.
Pre-Engineered HERO Packages
Figure 1: HERO Modular Ultrapure Water Plant
Model Flow Rate m 3 /hr (gpm)
Mini-Mod 50 to 100 m 3 /hr (220-440 gpm)
S-Mod 100 to 150 m 3 /hr (440-661 gpm)
M-Mod 150 to 250 m 3 /hr (661-1101 gpm)
L-Mod 250 to 400 m 3 /hr (1101-1761 gpm)
Design Standards
• CSA/UL
• ASME
• ASTM
• NEMA
Design Details
Power Requirements................380 V, 50 Hz, 3-phase
Piping (Modules 1 &2)............................................ 304L SS
Piping (Module 3) ..................................... 304L & 316L SS
Piping (Modules 4 &5).......................................PP & PVDF
Piping (Module 6) ..............................................................PVC
Max. Skid Size.......................1190L x 228W x 260H cm
(469L x 90W x 102H in)
Optional Packages
A. Single-Pass RO for HERO Module
B. Upgrade to EDI from Primary Mixed Beds
C. 460 V, 60 Hz, 3-phase power
D. Operating and maintenance service contracts