Introduction:

Rauschert is an independent company with more than 125 years of experience in the development and production of technical ceramics and plastic components for industrial use. We specialize in innovative products and tailor-made solutions for the problems of our customers. One of our product groups are ceramic membranes, which are sold under the brand name Inopor®.

Inopor® membranes are used in a wide range of applications, from water and wastewater treatment to beverage filtration and a variety of tasks in the chemical and biotechnological industries. Due to our striving for new innovative fields of application for the membranes we produce, we are involved in a variety of projects such as Helios, NanoKom and recently also in the I-KaMeRA project.

NanoKom project: Nanoscale carbon membranes for separation tasks to implement pollutant-free resource efficiency

The overall objective of the project is to prove that nanoscale carbon membranes can be used for separation tasks with condensable components under chemically very demanding conditions for industrial applications. This is an integral part of the development of material innovations for a pollutant-free environment and the increase of resource efficiency in industrial applications to reduce emissions.

It is well known from the literature that nanoscale carbon membranes can be used accordingly. As many of these separation tasks are carried out in industrial practice under aggressive conditions (e.g. high temperatures, high pressure, presence of corrosive components or aggressive solvents), the components to be used must have a corresponding resistance. This is currently not or only to a limited extent the case with commercially available membranes. The exceptional resistance of various carbon modifications under these conditions suggests that they are suitable, but also requires a correspondingly stable support structure, such as ceramic supports provide. We at Rauschert will develop appropriate carrier structures and optimize them to meet the needs of our partners.

The project on which this poster is based is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research under grant number 03XP0608C. Responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the author.