TUBULAR MEMBRANE PLANTS

Tubular membrane filtration is used as an effective way to remove contaminants from water in industrial wastewater filtration processes. Tubular membrane filtration is a pressure-operated cross-flow filtration process that uses a microporous membrane to remove suspended solids from liquids. This cross-flow is carried out by passing a process solution through a membrane surface under pressure. Once the water has been treated with a tubular membrane filtration system, it can be drained or sent for reverse osmosis (RO) treatment or further purified for plant reuse / recycling.

The release of contaminants from an industrial processing plant into the water system is a constant concern for plant staff and community stakeholders. With the need to make the environment a greater concern than ever, these facilities are held responsible for water consumption and waste water discharge practices.

A system utilizing tubular membrane filters can effectively remove substances from feed water sources to produce high quality water. This water can be fed to a reverse osmosis system that produces the highest quality fresh water that helps the industrial processing plant comply with discharge laws and keep the local environment safe.

Many filtration systems use RO technology to produce high quality water, but RO systems struggle to handle high solid loads and tend to pollute from scalants such as calcium and magnesium.

Filtration systems using a pretreatment step (including chemical precipitation) in combination with our technology in front of RO ultrafiltrators can provide more efficient RO performance with a longer RO module life. With high water recovery rates and long service life, industrial plants applying a pre-RO are able to operate our filtration system as efficiently as possible.

Tubular membrane filtration works by feeding water under pressure to the membrane pipe. This pressure forces water into the membrane and tube substrate, but does not allow suspended particles to pass through the membrane. The filtered water (permeate) passes through the membrane and the substrate (support) tube. The suspended particles (retentate) leave the tube and return to a concentration tank as they prepare for another passage through the membrane tube filter. This process allows efficient, efficient filtration that requires less space than conventional purifying filter systems.

Tubular shaped membranes are used for the following applications:

• Wastewater treatment in membrane bioreactors (MBR)

• Garbage storage area leachate treatment

• Biogas / fermentation residual material treatment

• Water recycling

• Water treatment in the dairy industry

• Industrial wastewater treatment 

• Municipal wastewater treatment

• Oil / water separation

• Food industry 

• Fruit juice concentrate production (apple juice, orange juice, colored fruit juices)

      -fruit juice and beverage purification and concentration

      -Tomato concentration

• Protein concentration

      -Concentration of recoverable liquids