Aquadyn

Summary

Product identification

This document is a product catalog from MICRODYN-NADIR GmbH, specializing in membrane technologies for microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and nanofiltration. The company manufactures various membrane types and module configurations for diverse industrial applications.

Key product lines and module types include:

• NADIR® Membranes: Available in flat sheet and other formats, offering microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and nanofiltration capabilities.
• SPIRA-CEL® Spiral Wound Modules: Compact modules designed for high packing density, available with various NADIR® membranes for different filtration ranges.
• BIO-CEL® Submerged Modules: Primarily for Membrane Biological Reactors (MBR) processes, featuring flat sheet ultrafiltration membranes.
• AQUADYN® Hollow Fiber Modules: Designed for water filtration, including pre-treatment for ion exchange or reverse osmosis.
• SEPRODYN® Modules for Fine Filtration: Tubular microfiltration modules known for chemical and abrasion resistance.
• MICRODYN Tubular and Capillary Modules: Crossflow microfiltration modules with highly porous membranes.
• ULTRADYN Hollow Fiber Modules: Double asymmetric membranes suitable for high-level purification.
• MAXIDYN 1" Tubular Modules: Compact modules for filtering solutions with high levels of suspended solids.

Operating limits

NADIR® Membranes (General Properties)

• pH-Range:
  • Polyethersulfone (PES/PESH), Polysulfone (PSUH): 0 - 14
  • Regenerated Cellulose (RC): 1 - 11
  • Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF): 2 - 11
• Max. Temperature:
  • PES/PESH, PSUH, PVDF: 95 °C
  • RC: 55 °C

SPIRA-CEL® Spiral Wound Modules

• Max. Operating Temperature: 75 °C (DS-/PS-), 50 °C (EY-/FY-), 80 °C (GY-, OY-, OX- types). Note: 80 °C for GY- type only with Poly(ether)sulfone membranes.
• Allowable pH-Range in operation:
  • DS-/PS- types: 2 - 10
  • EY-/FY- types: 2 - 11
  • GY- type: 2 - 11
  • OY- type: 0 - 12
  • OX- type: 3 - 14

BIO-CEL® Submerged Modules

• Operating pressure: -30 to -400 mbar
• Max. Backwash pressure: 150 mbar
• Max. operating temperature: 40 °C
• pH-range: 2 – 11
• Chlorine Resistance: 500,000 ppmh

AQUADYN® Hollow Fiber Modules

• Max. Transmembrane-pressure:
  • UA/UE Series: 1 bar
  • FT50-FUC-1582: 2 bar
• Max. Temperature:
  • UA/UE Series: 45 °C
  • FT50-FUC-1582: 40 °C

SEPRODYN® Modules for Fine Filtration

• pH-range: 0 to 14

MICRODYN Tubular and Capillary Modules

• pH range: 0-14 (for tubular membranes due to material properties)

ULTRADYN Hollow Fiber Modules

• Max. Transmembrane-Pressure: 3 bar (most FUS/FUY types), 2 bar (FUC types)
• Max. Temperature:
  • FUS types: 85 °C or 98 °C
  • FUY types: 45 °C
  • FUC types: 35 °C or 40 °C

MAXIDYN 1" Tubular Modules

• Max. temperature: 45 °C (with PVC shell), 60 °C (with C-PVC shell)

Feed water / Product water

The products are designed for various applications, including:

• Water Filtration: Treatment of river and surface water, process water, pre-treatment to ion exchange or reverse osmosis, tertiary treatment of biologically treated wastewater, potable water, treatment of borehole water, treatment of boiler feed at power stations.
• Wastewater Treatment: Filtration of lipophilic substances, treatment of cosmetics wastewater, wastewater from food and beverages, treatment of animal feces, car wash water recycling, municipal wastewater, treatment with membrane bioreactors (MBR).
• Industrial Processes: Oil/water separation, separation of emulsions and suspensions, removal of biomass, retention of cooling lubricants, preparation of process water, catalyst separation, dye desalination, latex concentration, desalination of optical brighteners, acid/caustic recycling, filtration of suspended matter from heterogeneous reactions, concentration after diafiltration, treatment of rinse baths, acid recovery, lifetime extension of degreasing baths, recycling of water used in grinding, heavy metal separation from wastewater.
• Food and Beverage: Standardization of milk, cream cheese production, concentration of liquid egg and gelatin, whey concentration, clarification of cheese brine, clarification of fish brine, filtration of marinades, vinegar filtration, clarification of juices, clarification of wine, defatting of whey.
• Textile: Removal of dissolved dyes, recovery of sizing agent, washing solvent conditioning, extending lifetime of wash solutions.
• Pharma and Biotech: Preparation of cell culture media for fermentation, concentration of enzymes, vaccines, antibiotics, proteins, microfiltration in upstream processes, isolation of target products, diafiltration for feed or isolation processes, bioreactor techniques, production of ultrapure water.
• Electronics: Process and wastewater, photoresists, CMP (chemical and mechanical planarization).
• E-Coat/Automotive: Filtration of cathodic/anodic electrophoretic paint (CEP/AEP), paint recycling, water-based spray paint recovery, degreasing baths servicing and maintenance.

BIO-CEL® Submerged Modules

• Recommended content suspended solids (SS): 12 g/L.

Mechanical / hydraulic

NADIR® Nanofiltration Membranes

• NP010 (PES): Nom. Retention Na₂SO₄ 35 - 75%, Water Flux @ 40 bar > 200 L/(m²h)
• NP030 (PES): Nom. Retention Na₂SO₄ 80 - 95%, Water Flux @ 40 bar > 40 L/(m²h)
  • Testing conditions for flux: 40 bar, 20 °C, stirred cell 700 U/min.

SPIRA-CEL® Spiral Wound Modules

• Total Membrane Area:
  • With 30 mil Feed-Spacer: Areas range from 7.0 m² to 32.0 m².
  • With 44 mil Feed-Spacer: Areas range from 1.8 m² to 25.0 m².
  • With 80 mil Feed-Spacer: Areas range from 4.0 m² to 16.5 m².
  • Module sizes are denoted by diameter x length (e.g., 2.4" x 40", 4.0" x 40", 8.0" x 40", 3.8" x 38", 6.3" x 38", 8.0" x 38", 8.3" x 38").
  • See the official PDF for exact tabulated values and available combinations.

BIO-CEL® Submerged Modules

• Membrane structure: Polyethersulfone (PES), ultrafiltration with 150 kDa cut-off, pore size ≈ 0.04 µm.
• Membrane surface: 10 m², 50 m², 100 m², 416 m², 1900 m² (for BIO-CEL® XL).
• Max. air flow rate (Vn): 6 m³/h to 665 m³/h depending on module type.
• Physical barrier: For retention of solids and bacteria.

AQUADYN® Hollow Fiber Modules

• Membrane Polymer: PAN, PES, CTA.
• MWCO: 150 kDa.
• Hollow-Fiber Diameter OD/ID: 2.1 / 1.1 mm or 1.7 / 0.9 mm or 1.3 / 0.8 mm.
• Membrane Surface: 6 m² to 60 m².
• Flow Type: Out/In dead end or In/Out crossflow.
• Regeneration: Backflush, optional forward flush with air scouring.
• See the official PDF for exact tabulated module lengths and diameters.

SEPRODYN® Modules for Fine Filtration

• Membrane geometry: Tubular.
• Inner diameter: 5.5 mm.
• Membrane material: Polyethylene.
• Pore size: 1 µm.
• Shell material: Polypropylene.
• Membrane surface: 0.01 m² to 16.0 m².
• Number of tubes: 1 to 336.
• Crossflow for 1 m/sec: 71 L/h to 30,000 L/h.
• Module construction length: Medium, normal, long.
• Module connection: ANSI flange, DIN flange.
• See the official PDF for exact tabulated values.

MICRODYN Tubular and Capillary Modules

• Membrane material: Polypropylene.
• Pore size: 0.1 µm or 0.2 µm.
• Membrane geometry: Hollow fibers, capillaries, tubes.
  • Hollow fiber inner diameter: 0.6 mm.
  • Capillary inner diameter: 1.8 mm.
  • Tubular inner diameter: 5.5 mm.
• Shell material: Polypropylene, Stainless steel 1.4571, PVC/PVC-C.
• Membrane surface:
  • Hollow fiber: 2.2 m².
  • Capillary: 0.1 m² to 14 m².
  • Tubular: 0.036 m² to 16 m².
• See the official PDF for exact tabulated values.

ULTRADYN Hollow Fiber Modules

• Membrane Polymers: Polyethersulfone (FUS), Modified Polyacrylonitrile (FUY), Cellulose Triacetate (FUC).
• Hollow Fiber-Inner Diameter: 0.5 to 1.4 mm.
• Membrane Surface: 0.25 m² to 17 m².
• MWCO: 6 kDa to 500 kDa.
• Crossflow for 1 m/s (approx.): 690 L/h to 13,300 L/h.
• Connections: TRI-CLAMP® fittings, V-Band coupling, Union Joint, Thread connection.
• See the official PDF for exact tabulated module lengths.

MAXIDYN 1" Tubular Modules

• Membrane surface: 0.1 m² (short version), 0.2 m² (long version).
• Membrane material: PVDF, PES.
• MWCO: 20 kDa, 70 kDa, 100 kDa, 150 kDa.
• Module length: Approx. 1480 mm (short version), approx. 2870 mm (long version).
• Shell material: PVC, C-PVC.
• Sealing material: Viton (FPM).

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Disclaimer: This summary is based on the provided text extract and may not include all figures, footnotes, or the latest revisions present in the complete OEM PDF datasheet. For contractual data and complete specifications, please refer to the official MICRODYN-NADIR PDF revision used on your project.

Official datasheet (PDF)

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