| Technique |
Description |
| Vapour permeation pilot plant |
VP pilot plant for two membranes modules mounted in parallel with up to 5 m2 of membrane area, feed flowrate 50 kg/h maximum temperature 180°C, maximum feed side pressure 10 bar, permeate pressure ca. 20 mbar |
| Pevaporation pilot plant |
PV-plant for continuous or batch operation, possibility to mount up to six membrane modules in parallel, generation of vacuum by up to four vacuum pumps, permeate pressure 0.5 mbar |
| Gas permeation pilot plant |
GP pilot plant for membrane modules with up to 10 m2 of membrane area, driving force supplied by feed side liquid ring compressor (ca. 5 bar) and permeate side liquid ring vacuum pump (ca. 100 mbar), possibility of integration with pressure swing adsorption unit |
| Vapour permeation laboratory unit |
VP lab scale unit for investigation of membrane samples |
| Pervaporation laboratory unit |
PV lab scale unit for investigation of membrane samples |
| Single gas permeation measurement units |
Determination of single gas permeabilities of membrane samples by application of pressure increase method, automated control and evaluation of results |
| Gas permeation laboratory units |
Units for the investigation of the permeation behaviour of gas mixtures at feed pressures of up to 50 bar |
| Membrane casting machine |
Manufacture of flat sheet membranes in m2-scale according to the phase inversion principle, maximum breadth: 0.65 m |
| Membrane coating machines |
Manufacture of composite membranes, maximum breadth: 0.65 m |
| Devices for membrane module manufacture |
Thermal welding units for membrane envelopes of different geometry, devices for equipment membrane modules with membrane envelopes, potting of hollow fibre modules |
| Simulation programes for membrane processes |
Simulation models for gas permeation, vapour permeation- und pervaporation modules, possibility of integrating models into complex process simulations, simulation platforms: MS-Excel, C, Fortran, Java and Aspen Engineering Suite® |
