General Electric Company

Mohammed Mounir Mahmoud Shalaby

Todd Alan Anderson

Philip Paul Beauchamp

Jonathan Sebastian Janssen

Anubhav Kumar

Wenpeng Liu

In one embodiment, the present invention provides a central core element for a reverse osmosis separator assembly, the central core element comprising a pair of central core element components, each of said core element components comprising at least one porous exhaust conduit and at least one friction coupling, the friction couplings being configured to join said core element components to form a central core element defining a cavity configured to accommodate a first portion of a membrane stack assembly; wherein each core element component comprises a first section defining an exhaust cavity and a second section comprising a porous exhaust conduit, wherein said porous exhaust conduit comprises a removable wall member configured to form a substantial portion of a porous exhaust conduit wall.

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Niskayuna, NY, United States of America

Mohammed Mounir Mahmoud Shalaby