FLUID TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluid treatment module which provides a further uniform permeate flux through a fluid treatment medium, reduces uneven fouling of the fluid treatment medium and enhances the throughput and/or increases a service life of a fluid treatment apparatus. SOLUTION: The fluid treatment module 12 has a supply region, a permeation region, and the fluid treatment medium separating the supply region from the permeation region. The supply region is extended along a supply face of the fluid treatment medium, the permeation region is extended along the permeation face of the fluid treatment region, a part of the supply fluid passes through the fluid treatment medium as the permeate and flows into the permeation region, then flows into a core assembly 11. One or more control mechanisms are introduced into the permeation flow region for controlling the flow parameter in the permeation region of the module 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT