Pilot Membrane Filtration

Membrane

APV is the leading supplier of membrane filtration plants with close to one thousand plants installed worldwide, and supplies:

  • All types of membrane filtration systems for all dairy applications
  • A large number of food & beverage applications
  • Some chemical & pharmaceutical applications
  • Environmental applications within food related industries
  • filtration unit systems.

APV covers the whole product range from Reverse Osmosisto Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration to Microfiltration.

APV Systems designs and produces membrane filtration systems based on Spiral Wound, Plate and Frame, Tubular Organic and Tubular Ceramic membranes.

Typical applications are:

  • Whey, WPC
  • Milk, MPC
  • Protein standardisation
  • Demineralisation
  • Fermented milk products
  • Fresh cheese
  • Brine clarification
  • Evaporator condensate
  • CIP recovery
  • Fruit juice clarification
  • Beverage
  • Egg
  • Blood
  • Gelatine
  • Food ingredients
  • Biotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Waste/process water

The principles of membrane filtration are that the liquid to be filtered passes over the membrane at high velocity. Depending on the membrane pore size, different sizes of molecules are able to pass through the membrane.

The feed product is split into two streams:

  • Permeate containing water and particles smaller than the membrane pores.
  • Retentate containing water and particles larger than the membrane pores.

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