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.
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Dairy Processing Solutions
What Challenges Can ZwitterCo Technology Solve For You?
Whey & Milk Processing
ZwitterCo membranes cut CIP programs down by up to 6 steps, helping dairy processors reduce their cleaning costs by over 50%. Reduce chemical cleaners, freshwater demand, and wastewater generated to save time and money.
RO Water Polisher
ZwitterCo’s RO Polisher offers easier, shorter cleaning with minimal chemicals and water, reducing wastewater. It’s a cost-effective, drop-in replacement for water polishing and reclamation, requiring no additional CAPEX.
Wastewater
With ZwitterCo, lower the cost of ownership at your facility with easier to operate filtration, a smaller footprint, and recovered water that can reduce overall water consumption.
SOLUTION #1
Whey & Milk Processing
Reduce Your CleaningCosts by 50%
With ZwitterCo membranes, your cleaning programs are easier and shorter, enabling more uptime and increased production. ​
With easier cleanings and less chemicals, plants enjoy significantly reduced time and labor required for maintenance. ​
Simplified& Sustainable Operations
ZwitterCo membranes simplify cleaning processes and require fewer chemicals, while also reducing freshwater demand, energy consumption, and amount of WW generated.​
Our membranes will help you meet your corporate sustainability targets, due to:
- Reduced pumping
- Less water
- Less heating of CIP solutions
- Decreased chemical usage
- Reduced energy requirements
Improve Your OPEX
Reduced Operating Costs
With lower cleaning costs, decreased water usage, less wastewater generated, and lower energy requirements, ZwitterCo membranes offer a significant decrease in OPEX.
Increase in Uptime
ZwitterCo membranes offer more up-time due to shorter cleaning programs which frees operators to work on other priorities.​
Reduced Freshwater Demand
In whey protein concentration applications, ZwitterCo membranes significantly reduce freshwater demand through their simplified cleaning process.​
SOLUTION #2
RO Water Polisher
Simplify Cleanings / Reduce Chemical Usage
ZwitterCo advanced RO polishing membranes offer easier, quicker cleaning that requires less chemicals, aligning with sustainability goals and cutting operational expenses for dairy processing companies. ​
Reduce OPEX
As a risk-free drop-in replacement, ZwitterCo RO offers a decrease in OPEX and downtime without any additional CAPEX.​
Overall costs are lowered due to the following:
- Less water usage​
- Less wastewater generated ​
- Decreased energy requirements​
- Lower cleaning/chemical costs​
Meet Sustainability Goals & Reduce Freshwater Demand
Reduction in Freshwater Demand ​
Whether recovering water from wastewater or reducing water requirements through a simplified cleaning program, ZwitterCo membranes enable a reduction in freshwater demand.
Meet Sustainability Goals with No Additional CAPEX ​
By reducing chemical usage and decreasing freshwater demand, ZwitterCo membranes support more sustainable water treatment practices, helping dairy processors meet environmental regulations and sustainability goals. ​
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SOLUTION #3
Wastewater
Reduce Operating Expenses
ZwitterCo membranes offer easy cleaning with full performance recovery after each wash, less chemical use, and less downtime, which all adds up to lower overall costs.​
Reduce Expensive Chemistry
In-line chemical dosing is frustrating to maintain – ZwitterCo superfiltration fouling-immune membranes can eliminate DAF or allow use of Air Only DAF​​. Superfiltration membranes can also reduce/eliminate coagulant or polymer loading from DAF treatment​.
Reduce Footprint
Membrane processes are some of the most space-saving and footprint-flexible unit operations. ZwitterCo superfiltration offers wastewater treatment with a smaller footprint and no biological process to manage​.
Reduce Costly Wastewater Hauling
Integrating ZwitterCo superfiltration membranes and RO can reduce wastewater hauling volumes by 50% or more, lowering overall costs and increasing the sustainability of operations.
Avoid Surcharges& Site Violations
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- ZwitterCo membranes can meet discharge limits based on suspended solids or FOG concentration levels
- ZwitterCo SF can handle unprecedented levels of Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) up to 5% as well as other hard-to-treat organics
APPLICATION BRIEF
The Benefits of Irreversible Fouling Immunity
ZwitterCo’s SF membranes demonstrate exceptional resistance to irreversible organic fouling, particularly in streams with high levels of fats, oils, grease (FOG), and proteins. One recent project (download below) illustrates the membrane’s ability to consistently recover to its original “start-up” clean water permeance even after over seven months of operation.
Unlike competitor membranes that require lengthy and frequent cleaning processes, ZwitterCo SF membranes need only a short, low-temperature maintenance wash, enhancing system uptime, reducing chemical use, and potentially extending membrane lifespan.
Clean water permeance (CWP) recovery after > 16 months of commercial operation.
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.
ZWITTERIONIC MEMBRANES
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- Full restoration
- No wear and tear
- Reliable treatment quality
REGULAR MEMBRANES
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- Incremental loss
- Short lifespans from degradation
- Compromised performance