Phasesep Y Series Liquid/Liquid Coalescers

The Pall Phasesep® Y Series Coalescer is the latest member of the Phasesep coalescer family and is a high efficiency separation cartridge that is constructed entirely of FDA listed polyolefin material.

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The Pall Phasesep® Y Series Coalescer is the latest member of the Phasesep coalescer family and is a high efficiency separation cartridge that is constructed entirely of FDA listed polyolefin material. This allows the Phasesep Y series coalescer to be used in a wide range of liquid/ liquid separations in the chemical, flavour and fragrance, and biotechnology industries where metal is not compatible and/or where FDA-listed materials are required.

The coalescer media contains a three layered tapered pore construction.

The emulsion first enters at the inside of the cartridge and passes through a coarse pre-filter layer to extend the service life.

The fluid then encounters a fine media layer that initiates the coalescing process

starting the enlargement of the droplets. The coalescing process is completed by a coarse media layer that maximizes the coalesced drop size before the fluid departs from the outside layer of the coalescer car­tridge.

The presence of difficult to separate emulsions can be a costly problem in the chemical, flavor and fra­grance, and biotechnology industries. Liquid contaminants can cause final products to be off-specification, deactivate expensive catalysts, foul contactor and stripping trays, lead to corrosion and delays in down­stream storage tanks, and increase the costs for wastewater treatment.

Breaking stable emulsions can be a difficult task depending on the physical properties of the oil, water, and surfactant system.

Important parameters in determining the ease of separating emulsions are the interfacial tension (IFT), diff­ference in density, and viscosity. The IFT is a good way to assess the stability of an emulsion and is a mea­sure of how much energy is required to create additional water /oil surface area. For very stable emulsions, the IFT can be very low and conventional glass fibre coalescers can lose their efficiency when the IFT reaches below 20 dyne/cm.

Compatibility is also a key issue when selecting a coalescer type. Pall offers a wide range of coalescers including various polymers and fluoropolymers.

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