International Products Corporation’s Micro-90 is used to clean industrial filter membranes. One of IPC’s customers treats industrial wastewater generated by the engine plant of a major automotive manufacturer. At this facility, up to 168,000 gallons of wastewater are treated per day using an ultra-filtration membrane system.
An initial two-step process used caustic and acid materials. For the past six years, the company has used Micro-90 concentrated cleaning solution. A one per cent solution of Micro-90 not only removes the organics and metals that blind the membranes, it provides savings through reduced energy, reduced chemical use and less downtime. After every Micro-90 wash 100 per cent recovery is achieved.
Micro-90 is a multi-purpose, alkaline cleaning concentrate that has long been used in laboratories, industrial applications, and critical cleaning processes. Micro-90 is a chelating detergent that contains ionic and non-ionic ingredients, which combine to produce a variety of cleaning actions. It lifts, disperses, emulsifies, sequesters, suspends and decomposes soils, then rinses them away leaving the surface absolutely clean. Micro-90’s target soils include oil, grease, wax, tar, flux, particulates, hard water stains and biological debris. It is effective at defouling filter membranes and can be validated in critical cleaning applications.
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