ALL NEW FOULING-IMMUNE MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR
Meat & Poultry
Forget everything you know about membranes in the meat and poultry industry. With ZwitterCo, plants can reduce or eliminate the use of DAFs while meeting discharge limits, clean 95% or more water for reuse, enjoy purified RO filtration and even reduce costs for functional protein concentration.
ZwitterCo Membrane Filtration Results:
Left: Raw Wastewater
Middle: Permeate
Right: Reject/Concentrate
Edison Award
ZwitterCo superfiltration membranes received a Bronze award for innovation in the Water Treatment & Testing category at the 2024 Edison Awards.
This award highlights their impact on the meat and poultry industry, enabling > 99% removal of FOG and TSS.
Featured in US Poultry
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Fouling-Immune Membrane Technology is Finally Here for Bioprocessing.
The extraction of bio-manufactured compounds frequently requires complex, multi-step processes. Not only can these processes be expensive, but the resulting media losses and waste streams also can account for a substantial portion of the total manufacturing costs.
ZwitterCo has developed an award-winning, entirely new class of membrane technologies that solve the number one problem with membranes: fouling. Our zwitterionic technology is the foundation for fouling-resistant membranes that clean the most challenging wastewaters and surface waters – faster and easier than any membrane in history.
Bioprocessing Solutions
What Challenges Can ZwitterCo Technology Solve For You?
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Downstream Processing
ZwitterCo membranes offer unprecedented fouling resistance, intrinsic pore uniformity, and permeance recovery. This results in higher product yield, increased throughput, longer uptime, and lower CIP costs.
Wastewater Treatment
With ZwitterCo SF membranes, you can achieve full performance recovery with fast and easy cleaning. This extends the membrane lifespan, reducing replacement frequency and overall costs.
SOLUTION #1
Optimize Downstream Processing
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This graph is a side-by-side comparison of a ZwitterCo SF membrane with a competitor’s NF membrane
Run Longer Before Cleanings
ZwitterCo membranes operate at a more stable flux than conventional membranes, resulting in a higher average flux, allowing you to benefit from greater productivity and longer runs before cleaning.
This allows for more product from existing equipment, increasing overall productivity.
Easier & Less Frequent Cleanings
Whenever a cleaning is performed, valuable product is lost as it is flushed out of the system rather than recovered. But there is another option.
With ZwitterCo membranes, you achieve:
- Longer production runs
- Less frequent cleanings
- Higher product yield
- Full permeance recovery
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Lower OPEX
ZwitterCo superfiltration membranes are immune to irreversible fouling, allowing for longer membrane life and less frequent membrane replacements – lowering overall OPEX.
ZwitterCo membranes also offer intrinsic pore uniformity and permeance recovery which results in:
- Higher product yield
- Increased throughput
- Longer uptime
- Lower CIP costs
This saves water and energy, allowing bioprocessors to develop more cost-effective and sustainable processes.
Easy Integration
ZwitterCo spiral membrane elements are designed to be drop-in replacements requiring no additional CAPEX. This seamless integration not only simplifies the upgrade process but also paves the way for future plant expansions and system scalability.
By choosing ZwitterCo, you can:
- Enhance your operations
- Increase capacity without disruptions to existing infrastructure
- Ensure smooth, uninterrupted growth
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CASE STUDY
The Impact of ZwitterCo Membranes at Solugen
Dive into the details to see how we contributed to 400% savings in just 9 months and learn about the transformative impact of ZwitterCo’s solutions.
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SOLUTION #2
Advanced Wastewater Treatment
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Reduce Freshwater Demand
ZwitterCo membranes enable water reuse to expand production without needing to access additional freshwater sources – maximizing the fermentation output of existing water supplies.
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Ideal Pretreatment for RO
ZwitterCo membranes enhance downstream processing by increasing yields and throughput with exceptional fouling resistance, leading to sustainable bioprocessing with reduced water and energy use.
Transform Waste from Cost to Benefit
ZwitterCo membranes are beneficial for co-product creation and lost product capture during the wastewater treatment process, turning waste solids into potential revenue.
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Reduce Volume of Wastewater Treated
Enhanced co-product capture enabled by ZwitterCo membranes, in combination with treating wastewater for reuse and reduced chemical use for cleanings, reduces freshwater demand and significantly decreases the total amount of waste generated by the bioprocessing plant.
“Our process would not be profitable or possible without ZwitterCo membranes.”
– Dr. Konrad Miller, VP, Manufacturing, Science, & Technology, Solugen
Reduce OPEX and Downtime
With ZwitterCo SF membranes, you can achieve full performance recovery with fast and easy cleaning. This extends the membrane lifespan, reducing replacement frequency and overall costs.
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Mott Case Study
Speak with our engineers to discover ways that ZwitterCo can support positive changes at your plant. With our help, you can reduce your hauling and avoid heavy OPEX spend on plant expansion.
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Industrial Wastewater Reuse
ZwitterCo has only polymeric membranes that can filter high strength organic streams without rapid and irreversible fouling. More description here to describe the kind of solutions we offer for NMP.
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Challenging Surface Water Treatment
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High Value Protein & Co-Product Separation
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Remove Bulk Organics
Remove tough to fight organics, such as fats, oils, grease, and protein.
Fully Chlorine-Intolerant
Can endure aggressive cleaning without wear and tear
Runs at Low Pressure
Runs at low pressure by not removing salt, sugar, alcohol’s or other small molecules.
Replaces Biological Systems
Replace biological systems or coagulation/flocculation processes commonly used to treat organics.
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ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
- Full restoration
- No wear and tear
- Reliable treatment quality
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REGULAR MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
- Incremental loss
- Short lifespans from degradation
- Compromised performance
Ready to conduct a feasibility study?
Speak with our engineers to discover ways that ZwitterCo can support positive changes at your plant.
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Remove Bulk Organics
Remove tough to fight organics, such as fats, oils, grease, and protein.
Fully Chlorine-Intolerant
Can endure aggressive cleaning without wear and tear
Runs at Low Pressure
Runs at low pressure by not removing salt, sugar, alcohol’s or other small molecules.
Replaces Biological Systems
Replace biological systems or coagulation/flocculation processes commonly used to treat organics.
![ZwitterCo Zwitterions](https://zwitterco.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ZwitterCo-ChartZwitterions1.png)
ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
No wear and tear
Reliable treatment quality
![](https://zwitterco.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ZwitterCo-ChartNonzwitterco1.png)
REGULAR MEMBRANES
Description of our cleaning difference from regular membranes.
Short lifespans from degradation
Compromised performance