Functional Oligosaccharide Membrane Separation & Purification Concentration Equipment
Background Introduction
Functional sugars refer to functional carbohydrates that can replace sucrose and fat, including functional oligosaccharides such as isomaltooligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide, galactooligosaccharide, stachyose and xylooligosaccharide. They play vital roles in human nutrition, health care and disease prevention, and are widely applied in food science, biochemistry, medicine and health, agriculture and other fields, boasting broad market prospects.
In traditional functional sugar production processes, centrifugal filtration is commonly adopted for impurity removal. However, insufficient filtration precision of centrifuges creates obstacles for subsequent purification steps and results in poor functional sugar quality. In addition, most domestic functional sugar products contain high levels of non-functional components like glucose and fructose, which restrict their application scope.
Application of Membrane Separation Technology in Functional Sugar Production
With years of practical experience serving starch deep-processing enterprises and proprietary strengths in membrane separation technology, BluewavBio has successfully applied membrane separation technology to functional sugar production workflows. Leveraging the precise interception performance of separation membranes, conversion liquids of fructooligosaccharide, xylooligosaccharide and isomaltooligosaccharide are separated, purified and concentrated, pushing the content of functional active ingredients in finished products above 95%.
The membrane separation process delivers outstanding treatment effects and higher product yields. It replaces resin ion exchange for deashing and biological monosaccharide removal processes without generating secondary pollution. Meanwhile, the system realizes recovery of sweet wastewater and reuse of process water, bringing remarkable comprehensive economic and environmental benefits.
Process Flow Chart
Advantages of Membrane Separation Technology for Functional Sugar Production
- Membranes with different pore sizes can be adopted for stepwise separation of sugar liquid via ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis: ultrafiltration for impurity removal, nanofiltration for separation and purification, reverse osmosis for concentration and dehydration;
- Permeate from nanofiltration or reverse osmosis can be recycled to boost target product recovery rate, with low pollutant discharge, delivering outstanding economic and social benefits;
- The whole process is purely physical; no chemical agents are added, eliminating secondary pollution to sugar liquid;
- Equipped with online regeneration cleaning and sewage discharge devices to reduce labor intensity and production costs while improving production efficiency;
- Imported foreign membrane elements are adopted, which can be repeatedly cleaned and regenerated for service lives of 2–3 years with low operation costs;
- The entire equipment set is manufactured with sanitary-grade materials and complies with GMP certification standards.
Typical Applications
Xylooligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide, soybean oligosaccharide, sorbitol, maltitol, xylitol, erythritol, isomalt, inulin, etc.
Company Profile
BluewavBio is a professional manufacturer of membrane separation equipment with a team of senior engineers specializing in membrane engineering applications. Through years of technical research, development and industrial engineering practice, we have mastered advanced ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and ceramic membrane technologies. We focus on customized design and manufacturing of lab-scale, pilot-scale and full industrial production equipment for global clients.
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