Laboratory: Filtration and Particle Fractionation

Processes

• Crossflow
• Dynamic microfiltration
• Cake filtration
• Electrophoresis
• Membrane filtration

Experimental equipment

• Crossflow and dead-end membrane tester for tubular or flow-channel membranes/with superimposed electric field (self-developed)
• Single or multi-shift disc filters for dynamic filtration (Novoflow)
• Compression-permeability cell (self-developed)
• Pressurized housing cell (VDI 2762) for characterizing of cake filtration
• Filtration minicell in analytical centrifuge LUMiSizer (LUM)
• Single pass and multi pass tests in liquid according to ISO 16889
• Hydro/gas cyclone test setups for separation efficiency (self-developed)
• Pressure drop (bubble point) test and pore size distribution in porous media: woven and nonwoven filters, membrane, particle layer (Topas)
• Pressure-induced deformation test of filter media (self-developed)