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Ceramic Membranes
Ceramic Membranes are made from silica carbide and offer superior reliability and performance, especially where extremely high temperatures and abrasive particles are a concern. These features make ceramic membranes particularly suited to conditions found in heavy oil process applications. Learn more>>
How does FilterBoxx determine if ceramic membranes are appropriate for your application problem?
FilterBoxx Research and Development engineers employ a ceramic membrane test unit and various chemical processes to determine the suitability of ceramic on a particular process problem.
The FilterBoxx Ceramic Membrane Test Unit is capable of separating various aqueous test-solutions by means of a ceramic cross flow membrane made of Silicon Carbide. The ceramic microfiltration process applies to organic media from the food industry as well as organic and chemical process water from other industries.
The system carries through the filtration process by recirculation of a fluid stream (the Retentate) through the ceramic membrane unit. The filter consists of a porous material and the Retentate side of the filter is equipped with thin fine layer of minerals. The size of the layer is calculated from the desired pore sizes of the membrane which determines the sizes of the particles that are to pass across the membrane or remain in the recycle pipeline. The concentrate is removed as reject.
The unit lab testing focuses on selecting the most appropriate membrane for the given water samples. Therefore, the initial testing step will first apply a “line out” study where the membrane with the most suitable flux for the given source water is selected among several suggested membranes. Once the “best candidate” membrane is chosen, a “concentration study” is applied on the latter membrane where several operating parameters (TMP, Crossflow, Process Temperature) are varied and their effect are measured against membrane flux, percentage of recovery and permeate quality.
Additionally, a Clean in Place (CIP) test will be conducted in order to select the most effective cleaning solution that will produce the percent recovery comparable to the initial percent recovery at time zero
.Once a solution has been developed, FilterBoxx can provide a proposal to scale up the solution to a Pilot Plant stage and test in a real world environment.
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