Application of Jiuwu High tech Organic Tube Membrane in Plant Extraction Industry

Efficient and environmentally friendly separation technology is the core issue driving industrial upgrading in the plant extraction industry. Currently, the limitations of traditional craftsmanship have led many enterprises to face development challenges such as high costs, low efficiency, and high pollution.

Jiuwu High tech, with its independently developed organic tubular membrane technology, has partnered with a pharmaceutical company to break through traditional production bottlenecks and bring revolutionary breakthroughs to the field of plant extraction through innovative organic tubular membrane technology. This technology relies on advanced organic tubular membrane separation principles to accurately and efficiently separate and extract target components, avoiding component loss and impurity residue caused by multiple extractions and distillations in traditional processes.

Pain points of traditional plant extraction process

The contradiction between traditional plant extraction techniques in improving quality and efficiency, and promoting green manufacturing is becoming increasingly prominent. Under the dual pressure of industrial mass production demand and refined quality control, the existing process system has exposed three core pain points in key links, becoming the main bottleneck restricting industrial upgrading.

1. Insufficient solid-liquid separation efficiency: The existing filtration system has insufficient filtration accuracy, resulting in loss of target components, generally low process yields, and strong dependence on filter aids/flocculants, introducing exogenous impurities and posing environmental risks. 

2. Low level of automation: The pressure filtration unit requires manual unloading (3-5 times/shift), filter cloth cleaning (takes 40-60min/shift), and other operations. The effective operating time of a single shift is less than 6 hours, and the labor cost accounts for more than 25% of the total process cost.

3. Poor utilization of equipment space: The plate and frame filter press unit occupies an area of 8-12 square meters per unit, and the layout of supporting auxiliary equipment such as liquid storage tanks is scattered. The equipment space in the Wan upgrade extraction workshop accounts for more than 35%.

Reduce operating costs and promote industry green transformation

The project adopts a full process combination of "water extraction+tubular ultrafiltration+nanofiltration+reverse osmosis" in the plant extraction process, ultimately achieving a stable herbal extraction purity of over 95%. Among them, the organic tubular membrane achieves precise filtration accuracy, accurately separating large molecule target extracts from small molecule substances. At the same time, the tubular membrane system can achieve high concentration treatment of the feed solution, improving the efficiency of subsequent drying processes and saving energy.  

Compared with the old process, the concentration efficiency has been increased by about 7 times, and the production cycle has been significantly shortened. In terms of energy conservation and emission reduction, the new process reduces water consumption by 45% and saves 36000 tons of water annually; Reduce operating costs by 30%, saving over 5 million yuan annually, which not only reduces the economic burden on enterprises but also promotes the industry's transformation towards green manufacturing.

Advantages of organic tubular membrane: efficient and precise separation, improving product purity

1. Porous structure, effective interception: The organic tubular membrane adopts an asymmetric porous structure, with a filtration accuracy of 10-100 nanometers, which can effectively intercept large molecular impurities while allowing target small molecular components to pass through efficiently. Taking traditional Chinese medicine extraction as an example, this technology can increase the recovery rate of active ingredients by more than 20%, and the impurity removal rate can reach 90%.

2. Wide flow channel, efficient concentration: Using a 6-12mm wide flow channel membrane core, it can achieve an increase in concentration factor, significantly reduce the risk of membrane blockage, and reduce the consumption of clean water. Coupled with an automated control system, it can save operating costs and truly achieve a win-win situation of green production and economic benefits.

3. Strong anti pollution and stable operation: The inner wall of the organic tubular membrane is smooth, and the fluid forms a self-cleaning effect in high-speed flow, significantly reducing the risk of membrane fouling. Even in the face of high viscosity and suspended plant extracts, it can still maintain long-term stable operation and reduce cleaning frequency by 50% compared to traditional membrane technology.

4. Small footprint and low infrastructure investment: The tubular membrane system adopts modular design and compact layout, occupying only one-third to one-half of the traditional process area, reducing civil engineering costs.

The successful application of Jiuwu High tech Organic Tube Membrane Technology not only solves the development dilemma of "high cost, low efficiency, and heavy pollution" for a single enterprise, but also demonstrates a clear path of "technological innovation driven efficiency revolution" to the plant extraction industry.

In the future, with the continuous iteration of membrane technology and the continuous expansion of industry application scenarios, the plant extraction industry may usher in a full industry chain transformation from "extensive processing" to "precision manufacturing", and Jiuwu High tech's innovative practice is a vivid footnote to this transformation.