As in other industries, managing, saving, and optimizing the use of water has become an absolute necessity in order to control costs, improve sustainability, and preserve compliance with regulatory requirements. This is especially important in dairy which is a water-intensive industry by its nature and which is facing internal and external pressures for enhanced management of this valuable resource. In this presentation, current industry practices around MF, UF, NF, and RO will be discussed using real-world case studies, where improvement opportunities will be identified in each of four specific areas of membrane use spanning their entire life cycle from startup to the end of their useful life cycle. Potential optimization actions will address not just the membrane unit operations themselves but will also cover the attendant systems such as sanitary valves and CIP. Improvements options will also be presented across a broad cross-section of dairy membrane users ranging from smaller processors who may benefit from “quick wins” with implementations that are less capital intensive to more sweeping, complex opportunities with longer time horizons that may be better suited for large-scale operations.

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