BACKGROUND

Removal of pollutant traces in gas or liquid flux is a key challenge for industrials, as effluents or even within production plants. Processes including absorption or adsorption exist but regenerating is both tricky and incomplete. The pervaporation process-whatever membranes used (polymer or ceramic) does not resist to heat and chemical conditions. To address this issue, our technology combines ceramic membranes and molten salts.

HOW DOES IT WORKS ?

Molten-Salt MEMBRANE allows extracting trace pollutants like hydrocarbons or volatile organic compounds (VOC) in a gas or liquid coming from industrial products or effluents. MS Membranes are made up of channels containing molten-salt parallel to the fluid flow. Pollutants are transported to molten-salts that absorb them. Molten salts are regenerated under mild heating conditions. Both membranes and molten salt can be tuned for specific solutions.

KEY BENEFITS vs. STATE OF THE ART

DEVELOPMENT STATUS

Technological program ongoing to develop lab scale prototype
Development of specific process for various industrial waste effluents treatment

APPLICATIONS

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries,
Environment, remediation, purification
Gas or liquid treatment,
Added value flows.