Solar and waste heat driving distillation, 98% recovery on high salinity.
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Updated Sept 26, 2026
Membrane filtration technology covers separating one thing from another by passing it through a barrier. On Halo, the solutions cover membrane distillation, removing one flavor compound, recovering a product from a broth, and softening and ion selectivity. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
Membrane distillation
Clean and Sustainable Energy System PTY LTD
Multi-stage vacuum distillation on facility waste heat, at near-zero emissions.
Co-developmentIn developmentStartup
Hollow fibers built inside solar evacuated tubes, sitting on a rooftop.
Co-developmentIn developmentUniversity
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln
High surface area hollow fiber modules, driven by the sun.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
SC
University of Cincinnati
Carbon nanotube sheets heat the interface, so no axial gradient forms.
Co-developmentConceptualUniversity
SM
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Immobilized nanotubes take out bacteria, viruses and endotoxins together.
Sponsored researchConceptualUniversity
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Wageningen University and Research
A contactor recovering 90% of the water vapor and its latent heat.
ConceptualUniversity
Removing one flavor compound
A covalent organic framework sieving out off-flavors and leaving the good ones.
Sponsored researchIn developmentSupplier
Ceramic microfiltration retaining benzothiazoles and lactones from juice.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
AA
Zwitterionic copolymers, tuned by cut-off and resisting fouling as they go.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
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University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Omniphobic membranes made roll-to-roll, for high dissolved solids feeds.
Sponsored researchIn developmentUniversity
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University of California, Los Angeles
Distillation and pervaporation taking the volatiles and leaving the sugars.
Sponsored researchConceptualUniversity
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Selectivity is the argument on Halo, not rejection. Five entries remove one off-flavor compound from coconut water and leave the sugars alone, four separate hardness ions from the monovalent ones worth keeping, and seven run membrane distillation on solar or waste heat where pressure would cost too much. On Halo it spans six groups, including membrane distillation, removing one flavor compound, and recovering a product from a broth.
Stage of development. Work on membrane filtration technology on Halo comes mostly from university programs. 32% of the solutions are in market. University of California, Los Angeles has the most, followed by New Jersey Institute of Technology. Co-development and pilot engagements are the usual partnering routes, and about 65% of the solutions that state terms offer licensing.
Three trends in membrane filtration solutions on Halo
Five membranes for one glass of coconut water. A covalent organic framework, ceramic microfiltration, tunable zwitterionic copolymers, omniphobic membranes made roll-to-roll, and a distillation and pervaporation route. All five remove an off-flavor compound while leaving sugars and desirable aromatics in place. The requirement is selectivity in both directions, and five separate groups have taken five materials at it.
Driven by heat, not by pressure. Seven entries run membrane distillation, and six of them name their energy source: solar evacuated tubes on a rooftop, facility waste heat, solar thermal with PV, electrically conducting nanotube sheets heating the interface directly. Pressure-driven filtration needs power that is expensive where the water is scarce, and this cluster is the answer to that.
Softening means keeping the good ions. Four entries separate hardness from the minerals worth drinking. A nanofiltration membrane that rejects nearly all divalent ions and passes monovalent ones, capacitive deionization tuned the same way, electrokinetic mixing that stops scale nucleating, and 3D electrodialysis electrodes cutting a five-hour run to 100 minutes. Total removal stopped being the goal.
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Frequently asked questions
What are membrane filtration solutions?
Membrane filtration technology covers separating one thing from another by passing it through a barrier. It spans membrane distillation driven by solar or waste heat, membranes tuned to remove a single flavor compound and leave the rest, ion-selective softening, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration materials built to survive chlorine or pressure, product recovery from a fermentation broth, gas and dye separation, and the fouling problem that limits all of it.
What are examples of membrane filtration solutions?
Five examples of membrane filtration solutions on Halo include:
- Solar and waste heat driving distillation, 98% recovery on high salinity. (SolMem LLC)
- A covalent organic framework sieving out off-flavors and leaving the good ones. (Wyonano, LLC)
- Tangential flow filtration and resin adsorption in one purification step. (Berkeley Lab)
- Rejects nearly every divalent hardness ion and lets monovalent ones through. (Vanderbilt University)
- Sulfonated polysulfone RO that tolerates the chlorine polyamide cannot. (NALA Membranes)
What are the latest membrane filtration innovations?
The most recently updated membrane filtration solutions on Halo include:
- Pervaporation separating alcohols, ketones, furans and acetates from water. (Ardent Technologies / Syensqo)
- Sulfonated polysulfone RO that tolerates the chlorine polyamide cannot. (NALA Membranes)
- Addresses the support layer compaction that costs conventional RO half its flux. (University of California, Los Angeles)
Which companies and suppliers are developing membrane filtration solutions?
There are 341 organizations with membrane filtration solutions on Halo, 98 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are SolMem LLC, Clean and Sustainable Energy System PTY LTD, and UNSW Sydney. Most offer co-development or pilot engagements. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
How do I find membrane filtration research partners?
Browsing membrane filtration solutions on Halo is free. Sign up to search the full network and save the ones you want. Post your specific need to get exact matches. Organizations reply directly on the platform.
What are R&D teams looking for in membrane filtration solutions?
Over the past 12 months, R&D teams on Halo have posted these membrane filtration solutions needs:
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