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Revision as of 08:04, 5 February 2018
This is a timeline of FIXME.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
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| 1930s | Thermal distillation begins use in several large plants, primarily in the Middle East.1 |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Details | Geographical location |
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| ? | In his Meteorologica, Aristotle writes that "Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet and the vapour does not form salt water again when it condenses".1 | ||
| 1959 | Desalination capability of cellulose acetate film is demonstrated by Breton and Reid.1 | ||
| 1962 | Asymmetric cellulose acetate membrane is developed.1 | ||
| 1963 | First practical spiral-wound module is developed by General Atomics.1 | ||
| 1967 | The first commercially successful hollow fiber module is released.1 | ||
| 1972 | The interfacial composite membrane is developed.1 | ||
| 1975 | The first commercial interfacial composite Riley at Fluid Systems is installed at Jiddah seawater plant.1 | ||
| 1978 | The first fully aromatic thin film composite (FT-30) is developed.1 | ||
| 1986 | Low pressure nanofiltration membrane becomes widely available.1 | ||
| 1998 | Grace-Davison and Mobil install the first large hyperfiltration solvent separation plant at Beaumont Texas refinery.1 |
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The initial version of the timeline was written by User:Sebastian.
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