Application Areas of Chinese Ceramic Membranes

The Chinese Ceramic Membrane is an inorganic membrane, which belongs to solid membrane materials in membrane separation technology. It is mainly made from various specifications of inorganic ceramic materials such as alumina, zirconia, titania, and silica as the support body. After surface coating and high-temperature sintering, the membrane structure includes a porous support layer, transition layer, and separation layer with an asymmetric distribution. The filtration accuracy covers microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and nanofiltration levels.

Chinese Ceramic Membrane Applied in Traditional Chinese Medicine Manufacturing

The Chinese Ceramic Membrane separation technology can improve the extraction efficiency and quality of pharmaceutical products, simplify production processes, and reduce production costs.

Many Chinese medicine enterprises have tried to replace alcohol precipitation processes with hollow fiber membrane filtration. However, due to material limitations, organic ultrafiltration and microfiltration membranes suffer from rapid flux decay and incomplete cleaning and regeneration when applied to pharmaceutical extraction.

The advent of Chinese Ceramic Membrane compensates for the shortcomings of traditional alcohol precipitation and organic membrane separation methods. Using inorganic ceramic membrane separation technology, it can remove large molecular substances such as proteins, starch, pectin, and microorganisms from pharmaceutical extraction liquids, while the active pharmaceutical ingredients remain largely unaffected. For certain medicinal liquid treatment needs, the integration of ceramic membrane separation technology with organic membrane ultrafiltration and nanofiltration can form a combined membrane separation process for stepwise filtration, refining medicinal liquids. Reasonably applying the advantages of both types of membrane separation technology benefits drug extraction and purification.

Chinese Ceramic Membrane Applied in Biopharmaceuticals

After fermentation broth clarification using Chinese Ceramic Membrane, ion exchange and organic nanofiltration membrane concentration are integrated to form a process integration system.

Due to its unique properties such as chemical corrosion resistance, high temperature tolerance, and separation accuracy, the Chinese Ceramic Membrane has become the preferred separation technology in the bio-fermentation industry. It is widely used for removing mycelium, large molecular proteins, yeast cell wall fragments, and cell fibers from fermentation liquids containing organic acids (such as citric acid, lactic acid, and itaconic acid), antibiotics (such as erythromycin and penicillin), vitamins (such as vitamin B2, vitamin B12), amino acids, etc. The Chinese Ceramic Membrane separation technology is completely superior to traditional filtration methods such as plate-frame, rotary drum, centrifuge, and diatomaceous earth.

Chinese Ceramic Membrane Applied in Plant Extraction

Ceramic membrane plant extraction uses natural plants as raw materials. Through modern nanoceramic membrane separation technology, a series of refined control processes for impurity removal, screening, and purification are conducted to efficiently extract one or more active ingredients from plants without altering the structure of the active components. Based on the molecular size and characteristics in the research system, separation can occur at the molecular level using ceramic membranes, with separation of substances in the molecular weight range of 1000Da to 30KD.

In conclusion, the Chinese Ceramic Membrane, as an efficient, stable, and reliable separation technology, has broad application prospects in many fields. With the continuous advancement of science and technology and the increasing demand for applications, the application areas of ceramic membranes will become even more widespread.