CRBR

Ceramic Membrane Filtration

for Primary Brine Refining

A NEW GENERATION of Primary Brine Refining Process!

CRBR - A Reliable Membrane Cross-flow Filtration Technology.
It can replace the Dorr Clarify and the sintered carbon filter.

Guarantee a high purity primary brine

CRBR system Guarantees that, after a simple filtration, your primary brine will be:
SS<0.5mg/L, NTU<1.0,
[Ca++] + [Mg++]<0.5 mg/L
What're the Advantages of CRBR ?
It has: Small investment, Small footprint, Lower labor cost, Longer work life.
Reliable operation and automatic process with PLC/DCS control.
Continuous process, Short flow control.

It will: Provide a stable and high quality primary brine.

Protect the resin tower and the electrolyzer, a long work life.
Protect the steel structure in your plant from the salty misty by the fully closed system.

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CRBR
Ceramic Membrane Filtration
for Primary Brine Refining

Chlor-alkali industry is a method of using purified brine to produce chlorine and caustic soda.
It is one of the most basic chemical industry. Its products are widely used in light industry, textile industry,
metallurgical industry, petrochemical industry and utilities.

Salt + Water
Brine Hydrogen

Chlorine
Salt Dissolving Hydrogen Chlorine
&Reactions Treatment Treatment
Cl2

H2

Primary Ionic
Secondary Brine Concentration Caustic Soda
Brine purification
Membrane
/Cooling
Purification Electrolyzer

De-sulfate De-Chorine Dilute brine

Treatment Treatment Flow Chart of
a modern process in chlor- alkali plant.
With Ionic Membrane Electrolyzer and CRBR system.

You need a stable and continuous production process of primary brine.

Most of the modern chlor alkali plants are using advanced Ionic membrane electrolyzer technology. It’s high efficiency
and power saving. However, it needs high quality brine from resin tower.
The CRBR system provides a stable high quality primary brine, which will reduce the production load for the resin
tower. The high quality of primary brine from CRBR can ensure the stability of the secondary brine.

<<A Chlor - alkali plant in Liaoning Province, North China

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
for Primary Brine Refining

What is ceramic membrane?

Ceramic membrane is a porous filter with fine pore size which is sintered frome alumina or zirconia, titania oxide under high
temperature. It is a ultra filtration membrane, with filter accuracy less than 100 nano-meter. Ceramic membrane always
runs at a cross flow filtration mode.
The turbid brine circulates through membrane
layer inside single or multi-channel at a high Feed Flow
velocity. Driven by trans-membrane pressure,
micro-molecule and water passes vertically
through the membrane layer to permeation
side, the suspended solid and big molecule is
rejected in retentate side, thus the raw brine is
clarified, purified and concentrated.

Advantages of Ceramic membrane Filtrated

Flow
Acid/alkaline/oxidation
Chemicals resistance Solvent stability Filtrated
High thermal stability Flow

Excellent wear ability and strength Microscope of Work mode of

Stable over a wide PH range Ceramic membrane Ceramic membrane
Narrow pore size distribution Concentrate
Easy to be cleaned and regenerated d

What is the filtration mode?

It use the membrane layer to remove the solid suspend matter.

Concentrate:
Slurry
Solid content cannot get pass the membrane but
have to be concentrated into slurry.

Crude Brine

Permeate: Primary brine

2+ 2+
SS<0.5mg/L, Ca +Mg <0.5g/L.

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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The Process of CRBR

Mature Efficient Economic Minimal
Years of experience Durable Lower investment Less area occupation

NaOH NaCO3

Water Salt

CRBR Primary Brine Resin

Brine Reactions
TFT™

Slurry
Ceramic membrane brine purification technology (CRBR) is a mature technology. Which provides you a quality
assurance for the long-term stable and reliable solution, and it’s a reliable choice of chlor-alkali enterprises. CRM
ceramic membrane is made by inorganic material. CRBR efficient use the "cross flow" filtering method, which is used
in the process of brine refining process, with other purification and filtration technology is difficult to achieve the
effect and advantage.
Suitable for rock salt, refined salt, sea salt, crude salt and brine.

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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Comparison with other brine purification systems

Comparison list
(Based on 100Ktpa chlorine-alkaline plant)
Process & Cost Dorr Clarifier PTFE Filter CRBR Ceramic
Dorr for clarification and carbon Stepwise reaction ascent clarifier to
2+ Direct filtration to remove
Process Brief sintered filter for refined filtration remove Mg , organic membrane to 2+ 2+
2+ Mg ,Ca
after reaction. remove Ca

Reagent Sodium polyacrylate,α-cellulose FeCl3，NaClO NaClO

When crude salt Dorr is muddy, carbon sintered Ascnet clarifier is muddy, Primary
No influence
change filter brine flux is lowering.

SS 0.3~3ppm 0.5~1ppm 0.2~0.5ppm

2+ 2+
Ca & Mg 0.5~1ppm 0.5~1ppm ＜0.5ppm

Investment $1.5million $1.2million $0.8million

Operation cost $2.3/ton caustic soda $1.9/ton caustic soda $1.2/ton caustic soda

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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CRBR Development
Development and Capacity percentage

CRBR is a mature technology. After years of development, there have been many successful applications in China and
parts of the world. Because its advantages of low investment, low cost, good and stable quality, low labor cost, good
for environment, lots of chlor-alkali plant have accepted it. More and more CRBR systems are built in new plants and
projects around the world.

Ceramic（CRBR） Clarifying tank

Chinese capacity 29% and the others
36 500 kt/a
41.69% of World 25%

The Others PTFE Filter

51 600 kt/a
58.31% of World 46%
The world of caustic soda capacity The CRBR’s capacity in China
about 88 100kt/a More than 10 000ka/a
The 2016 Annual Data The 2016 Annual Data

Capacity 2011-2016
Capacity of Caustic soda with
TFT™ CRBR
at Brine Refining
ceramic membrane in primary
brine refining process.

-The first sets works at year 2006

-Total caustic soda capacity reach:

Extend than 10,000 KT / year（2016）

- 3 generation technologies have been developed.

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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CRBR Series Systems

TFT company provides you different models of CRBR systems to fit your different requirements. We can also make a
product customization to meet your special needs.
Caustic soda Brine Power
Model 3
Kta M /h KW

CRBR-20 20 24 24

CRBR-30 30 36 38

CRBR-50 50 60 62

CRBR-80 80 96 108

CRBR-100 100 120 125

CRBR-150 150 180 190

CRBR-200 200 240 230

CRBR-300 300 360 380

CRBR-400 400 480 460

<<A typical CRBR filter Skid,

CRBR - 50.
With CRM ceramic membranes inside, and a
titanium shell.
With need 10m2 area and can provide a
stable primary brine flow as 60m3/h.

The Graph>>
CRBR. Automatic Control
Operation interface
of DCS system

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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Dilute brine Sulfate remove system

TFT provides nano-filtration membrane using in the sodium sulfate removal system. It has a long service life, high
removal rate of sulfate(>95% after one year applied), stable performance, high endurance to Cl* etc. The rejection
rate of sulfate is 98%, which is very suitable for the sulfate removal system in diluted brine treatment of the chlor –
alkali plant.

We guarantee that:

Sulfate rejection ratio>98% (in 1month) / >95% (in 12 month)

The membrane has a MWCO of T series composite membrane is about 150-300 Da (neutral organic molecules). The
two valence anion and multivalent anions are interception preferred. The retention rate of monovalent ions depends
on the concentration and composition. Monovalent ions through the membrane, does not produce the osmotic
pressure. Therefore TNF# series membrane system can be a lower than in the reverse osmosis water pressure system
operated under pressure. In other applications, TNF # high desalination rate of filtration element can be used for dye
removal or sodium chloride concentration, filtration and recovery of metals.

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Company Brief
Nanjing Tangent Fluid Technology Co., Ltd, a high-tech company for liquid separation in process
industry, has cooperation with domestic institutes and European famous membrane companies for
membrane technology.

Tangent Fluid has a manufacturing plant and R&D center in Nanjing, where we can design and
manufacture filtration equipment of Microfiltration/Ultrafiltration /Nanofiltration/ Reverse Osmosis,
and make research and development for new process and technology based on membrane process.
Tangent Fluid has also invested to a modern producing line in Shanghai CORUN Membrane
Technology Co.,Ltd for ceramic membranes production,with a whole set of equipment like Vacuum
Pugmill, Extruder, Oven, Full Automatic High Temperature Furnace, and Testing Machines. All raw
material is high quality from domestic and abroad porous ceramic membrane filter with
first grade quality could be manufactured under our unique technic and strict quality control
system.

TFT has a professional management and technical team with many years of experience in membrane
industry, As you require, we can offer you high quality membrane products, special and painstaking
technical service like evaluation, design, installation and commission. You will find a solution in
Tangent Fluid!

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Ceramic Membrane Filtration
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Membranes for purification

ADD. No.202-98, Nanjing Pukou Yongning Industrial Park, Jiangsu 211801, PRC

TEL. +8625 84393656

FAX . +8625 86804046

Email. [email protected]

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