Achieving success while lowering operating costs
Powered by FilmTec™ technology, the FilmTec™ Fortilife™ product family is designed for plants and facilities that need an industry-leading nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment that’s reliable, easy to clean, and that would benefit from a durable, robust membrane.
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) elements can help you:
- Reduce water costs and lower operating expenses.
- Achieve sustainability goals.
- Minimize biofouling problems.
- Move toward minimal liquid discharge (MLD).
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Reduce cleanings, increase productivity, and decrease waste
Protect water systems against biofouling
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ CR100 RO elements protect water systems from the effects of sporadic spikes in water contamination and seasonal changes in water composition. With advanced antifouling technology, these elements, when part of a reverse osmosis water treatment system, help avoid lengthy clean-in-place (CIP) procedures that require extended and frequent shutdowns.
The CR100 element is engineered specifically for systems where biofouling is a problem. The element’s ultra-low differential pressure (400 ft2 ) spiral-wound RO module design provides improved hydraulic balance (more even distribution of flux across all the elements in the system) that results in:
- Less frequent cleanings, by up to 50 percent (due to biofouling).*
- Organic fouling resistance.
- High membrane productivity and durability; its wide pH range (1 – 13) helps stand up to harsh cleaning chemicals.
- Lower energy costs (reduced by as much as 10 percent in operations where biofouling is a problem).*
- Excellent solute rejection; its high permeate quality enables blending with higher TDS waters for reuse.
Meet wastewater treatment challenges with minimal liquid discharge for reuse
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC elements help meet the specific challenges of wastewater reuse and water recovery operations. The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC family is comprised of three products, each with its own features and benefits to help meet your wastewater challenges. The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC70 offers an approximate total dissolved solids (TDS) treatment range (ppm)** of 15,000 – 70,000+. Its benefits include:<
- Allowing concentrate TDS to reach >70,000 ppm level, while operating within standard RO pressure limits.
- Fouling resistance.
- Longer element life in challenging operations, due to construction of industrialized materials.
- Less frequent cleaning and more uptime.
The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC80 offers an approximate TDS treatment range (ppm)** of 15,000 – 80,000+. Its benefits include:
- Allowing concentrate TDS to reach >80,000 ppm level, while operating within standard RO pressure limits.
- Fouling resistance.
- Reduced liquid discharge with standard RO system designs.
- Longer element life in challenging operations, due to construction of industrialized materials.
- Less frequent cleaning and more uptime.
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC-N offers an approximate TDS Treatment Range (ppm)** of 0 – 80,000+. Its benefits include:
- Highly selective membrane with high monovalent ion passage and high polyvalent ion and color retention.
- High permeability at low pressures and high TDS levels for increased recovery.
- Purified, high-concentration brine solution for reuse.
- Less dissolved solid waste.
- Low energy operation.
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FilmTec™ Fortilife™ CR100
Protect water systems against biofouling
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ CR100 RO elements protect water systems from the effects of sporadic spikes in water contamination and seasonal changes in water composition. With advanced antifouling technology, these elements, when part of a reverse osmosis water treatment system, help avoid lengthy clean-in-place (CIP) procedures that require extended and frequent shutdowns.
The CR100 element is engineered specifically for systems where biofouling is a problem. The element’s ultra-low differential pressure (400 ft2 ) spiral-wound RO module design provides improved hydraulic balance (more even distribution of flux across all the elements in the system) that results in:
- Less frequent cleanings, by up to 50 percent (due to biofouling).*
- Organic fouling resistance.
- High membrane productivity and durability; its wide pH range (1 – 13) helps stand up to harsh cleaning chemicals.
- Lower energy costs (reduced by as much as 10 percent in operations where biofouling is a problem).*
- Excellent solute rejection; its high permeate quality enables blending with higher TDS waters for reuse.
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FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC
Meet wastewater treatment challenges with minimal liquid discharge for reuse
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC elements help meet the specific challenges of wastewater reuse and water recovery operations. The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC family is comprised of three products, each with its own features and benefits to help meet your wastewater challenges. The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC70 offers an approximate total dissolved solids (TDS) treatment range (ppm)** of 15,000 – 70,000+. Its benefits include:<
- Allowing concentrate TDS to reach >70,000 ppm level, while operating within standard RO pressure limits.
- Fouling resistance.
- Longer element life in challenging operations, due to construction of industrialized materials.
- Less frequent cleaning and more uptime.
The FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC80 offers an approximate TDS treatment range (ppm)** of 15,000 – 80,000+. Its benefits include:
- Allowing concentrate TDS to reach >80,000 ppm level, while operating within standard RO pressure limits.
- Fouling resistance.
- Reduced liquid discharge with standard RO system designs.
- Longer element life in challenging operations, due to construction of industrialized materials.
- Less frequent cleaning and more uptime.
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC-N offers an approximate TDS Treatment Range (ppm)** of 0 – 80,000+. Its benefits include:
- Highly selective membrane with high monovalent ion passage and high polyvalent ion and color retention.
- High permeability at low pressures and high TDS levels for increased recovery.
- Purified, high-concentration brine solution for reuse.
- Less dissolved solid waste.
- Low energy operation.
Find FilmTec™ Fortilife™ products
View a list of our industry-leading FilmTec™ Fortilife™ products, including product data sheets.
Related technologies
Our technologies provide industry-leading, long-lasting, and cost-effective solutions. Learn more about the technologies used in FilmTec™ Fortilife™ products.
NF is a pressure-driven separation process positioned between reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration used to treat color and pesticides, and to partially soften the water.
RO is a pressure-driven separation process that reduces the smallest of solute particles and treats most ions and large molecules in the water.
Related Markets and Industries
Our technologies provide premium solutions for a broad range of markets and industries. Learn more about the industries that benefit from the FilmTec™ Fortilife™ portfolio of products.
We help ensure a steady flow of clean, safe drinking water into local communities with our water-treatment solutions.
We enable the smooth and safe operation of power plants through innovative water treatment and wastewater reuse.
We help create high-quality and sustainable production processes through effective water treatment and wastewater reuse.
We enable the production of some of today’s most popular technologies by facilitating ultrapure water and effective water reuse.
We help everyone’s favorite foods and beverages taste better with advanced separations of sugars, dairy streams, and other nutritional ingredients.
We facilitate the sustainable recovery of valuable raw materials through specialtyseparation technologies.
We support the sustainable creation of fabrics used globally through effective water treatment and wastewater reuse.
We support the sustainable production of one of the world’s most used products with leading water-treatment and wastewater reuse applications.
Related resources
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ Elements Strongly Support FGD Wastewater ZLD & Crystal Salt Reclamation Project of Guodian Hanchuan Power Plant
FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC-N Elements Reduce the Waste Salts From ZLD Wastewater Treatment Process in The Shaanxi Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin Energy & Chemical Plant
Notes
*Depending on feedwater quality and operating conditions.
**Approximated based on the osmotic strength of NaCl. The TDS value can be higher for solutes with lower osmotic strengths, such as Na2SO4.