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THEORY, KNOWLEDGE, & MODELS |
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| CAPABILITIES |
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Hemodialysis and Biopharma
| Wastewater treatment
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Food and beverage (Micro and ultra filtration)
| Gas separation |
Reverse osmosis (RO)
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Solution/dope preparation by magnetic stirring
Solution/dope preparation by mechanical stirring
Solution/dope preparation by Ultrasound bath
Solution and dope stability study
Qualitative inspection
Quantitative inspection by spectrophotometric testing. Preliminary investigation of NIPS process by analysis of coagulation bath to determine eventual releasing during the polymer precipitation and membrane formation
Polymer screening : support to design polymers in membrane application
- Moisture content, MW, TGA, DSC
- Polymer solubility in common membrane manufacturing solvents (NMP, DMAc and DMF) and in green solvent (DMC, DMI, Polar Clean)
- Water as non solvent
- Dissolution time
- Polymer leaching
- Polymer-Polymer compatibility
- Polymer-Additive compatibility
- Long term solution stability
- Hydrophilicity assessment (ie: CAB, Ternary phase diagram)
