Patent ID: 7481917

Claim:
A filtration system for storing and retrieving data from RFID tags, the filtration system comprising: a plurality of spiral wound membrane filtration devices, the filtration devices each having at least one membrane sheet wound about a central porous tube and an RFID tag embedded underneath or within a protective outer shell; each of the RFID tags configured to identify the location of and at least one performance characteristic of one of said filtration devices; a computer, the computer in communication with the plurality of RFID tags, the computer configured to store and display the location information and performance characteristics related to each of the plurality of filtration devices; wherein the computer is configured to assign positions of the plurality of filtration devices within the filtration system relative to each other based on their location information and performance characteristics in order to achieve a minimal performance standard for the filtration system; and wherein the filtration devices that are assigned a location in the filtration system meet at least one minimum performance characteristic stored in said computer.