THE FUTURE
OF INDUSTRIAL SEPARATIONS.
PULP & PAPER
Black liquor recovery is the most capital and energy intensive component of a Kraft pulp mill. Via Separations has developed an efficient concentration process that can eliminate production bottlenecks and cut the energy consumption of black liquor concentration in half. Mills with limitations in washing, concentration, or high energy costs can generate additional free cash flows up to $15 M/year.
CONCENTRATION SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Our Black Liquor Concentration System uses a reverse-osmosis-like process to directly remove hot, clean water from weak black liquor. Via’s proprietary filtration membranes efficiently concentrate valuable liquor solids at conditions far exceeding the operating window of any other separation technology on the market.
CHEMICALS AND
PETROCHEMICALS
Whether solvent recovery, acid concentration, azeotropic recovery, organic separations, or small molecule separation, there is a diversity of applications in the chemical and petrochemical sectors that Via can address. While Via’s expertise lies in liquid-liquid separations, gas separations are under exploration.
FOOD AND
BEVERAGE
The robustness of our materials increases membrane lifetime relative to conventional filtration systems, lowering maintenance and replacement costs. Further, the ability to perform cleaning cycles at higher temperatures and across a broader pH range results in significantly increased uptime.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Via’s solvent-tolerant filtration enables the purification of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the drug discovery process. With pore sizes less than 5nm, it is also well suited for heterogeneous and homogeneous catalyst recovery.
SEMICONDUCTORS
Reducing contamination of nanoparticles in fluids like isopropanol, sulfuric acid, or buffered oxide etch is worth significant dollars as feature sizes continue to decrease.