Membrane technology

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Soil laboratory for sample pretreatment
 Solvent resistant stirred cell (lab scale) constructed from stainless steel and borosilicate glass. It is designed to offer a rapid and efficient filtration with ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes using pressure up to 6.2 bar.
The stirred cells are available in two sizes:
i) 47 mm of diameter membrane disk – feed volume up to 75 mL
ii) 47 mm of diameter membrane disk – feed volume up to 75 mL
Amicon stirred cell Amicon stirred cell (model 8400) provides high flow rates with solutions up to 10% macrosolute concentration. Capable of rapid concentration using UF membranes (76 mm of diameter) and pressure up to 5.2 bar. The maximum feed volume is 400 mL.
Hollow fibre filtration equipment. needed to pre-concentrate samples in order to measure biological contaminants found in low concentrations in the environment. (REACT-UE)
Laboratory scale cross flow stainless steel test units for flat-sheet membranes Laboratory scale cross flow stainless steel test units for flat-sheet membranes. The systems can be used as a microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration or reverse osmosis with a feed tank of 25 L.
Laboratory scale cross flow stainless steel test units for flat-sheet membranes Laboratory scale cross flow stainless steel test units for flat-sheet membranes. The systems can be used as a microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration or reverse osmosis with a feed tank of 300 L.
Spiral wound ultrafiltration pilot plant Spiral wound ultrafiltration pilot plant with two feed tanks of 500 l each and a 8” Hydranautics pressure vessel. The system can be coupled and used in serie with the RO pilot system (see below).
Membrane bioreactor Membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment with a feed tank of 30 L. Two membrane cartridges can be tested in parallel and simultaneously.
Laboratory scale electrodialysis system Laboratory scale electrodialysis system. The Electrodialysis stack has the capacity of up to 8 unit cells, hosting membranes of an active area of 16 cm2.
Laboratory scale forward osmosis system Laboratory scale forward osmosis system.
Automatic membrane coating device Automatic membrane coating device used for the preparation of flat sheet polymeric membranes. Reproducible film layers can be prepared, either self standing (e.g. coating directly onto glass, stainless steel, etc.) or on various substrates (e.g. nonwoven, polymeric supports, etc.). It contains a digital display to set and read the temperature, as well as to read the set coating (casting) speed. This equipment is located in the laboratory of membrane preparation and autopsies.
Table to conduct membrane autopsies Table to conduct membrane autopsies. This equipment is located in the laboratory of membrane preparation and autopsies.