Photocatalytic Membrane Separation and Degradation Unit Operations Pilot Plant

Introduction

The Photocatalytic Membrane Separation and Degradation Educational Unit Operations Pilot Plant is an integrated, bench-scale training system designed for engineering laboratories in higher education. This unit seamlessly combines advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) with physical membrane separation, allowing students to investigate synergistic degradation and filtration mechanisms. By providing a tangible platform to study photocatalysis alongside microfiltration or ultrafiltration, this pilot plant helps bridge the gap between theoretical transport phenomena and practical environmental process engineering.

Customization and Flexibility

To accommodate diverse laboratory spaces, curriculum requirements, and specific teaching goals, this pilot plant is fully adaptable. Both the hardware components and the software interfaces can be customized to align with your department’s specific course structures, enabling educators to tailor the system to their unique pedagogical and research needs.

Key Pedagogical Features and Advantages

• Integrated Multi-Process Training: Allows students to study photocatalytic reaction kinetics and membrane separation as separate operations or as a single, continuous hybrid process.
• Engineering-Scale Instrumentation: Equipped with industrial-standard sensors, flow meters, and pressure-regulating systems that introduce students to real-world process monitoring and control.
• Enhanced Laboratory Safety: Designed with comprehensive safety features, including electrical leakage protection, a low-noise air compressor (≤65 dB), and a manually adjustable light-blocking curtain to shield students from direct UV/visible light exposure.
• Durable and Visual Design: Constructed with high-grade 304 stainless steel tanks and a robust, mobile aluminum alloy frame. Transparent reaction vessels allow clear visualization of fluid dynamics and photocatalytic reactions in real time.

Detail & Parts

Technical Specifications and Curricular Integration

The system’s technical components are specifically paired with key academic concepts to reinforce textbook-based learning through physical experimentation.

Alignment with Academic Curricula and Classic Textbooks

This pilot plant is engineered to support core laboratory courses in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, water treatment, and materials science. By executing experiments on this unit, students gain firsthand experience with the mathematical models and physical principles described in leading academic textbooks:

• Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering: The pilot plant provides practical visualization of membrane separation processes, enabling students to calculate flux, membrane resistance, and rejection rates, directly reinforcing the chapters dedicated to membrane separations and filtration.
• Transport Processes and Unit Operations: Students can study mass transfer and diffusion through porous membranes, validating empirical equations for liquid-phase transport under varying pressure and concentration gradients.
• Chemical Engineering Design: The integrated setup demonstrates process synthesis and safety standards in pilot-scale operations. It serves as an excellent case study for reactor design, instrumentation selection, and the scaling up of continuous-flow chemical systems.

Using these textbook-aligned terminology and exercises, professors can easily integrate this unit into existing course syllabi, ensuring that laboratory sessions directly complement classroom lectures.

Software and Hardware Customization Services

To support evolving academic programs, we provide extensive custom engineering options. On the hardware side, the system can be modified to support different membrane module configurations (such as tubular, hollow fiber, or flat sheet) and alternative light sources. On the software side, we offer customizable data acquisition and control systems, ranging from manual analog control panels to fully digitized, computer-integrated interfaces with real-time data logging and analytical software.

About LABPARK

LABPARK has spent over 20 years serving higher education, delivering specialized laboratory equipment designed to foster engineering excellence. We focus on providing robust, curriculum-aligned training solutions across six key academic domains: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Food Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Driven by innovation and pedagogical utility, LABPARK holds 209 technical patents and has established collaborative partnerships with more than 289 universities and colleges worldwide. All our products are developed and manufactured within our modern, 49,000-square-meter production and R&D base, ensuring high quality control and dependable long-term support for academic institutions globally.

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