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Ceramic MBR & UF · SiC + alumina

Backwash it. Clean it hard. Ceramic for hard feeds.

Silicon carbide and alumina, flat sheet and tubular. Ceramic backwashes, takes oils and aggressive chemicals, and lasts — so use it where feeds are too hard for polymer sheets.

What we do in Poughkeepsie: In our Poughkeepsie shop we build frames and assemble units.

Silicon carbide multi-channel tubular ceramic elements
Silicon carbide flat-sheet ceramic membranes

Silicon carbide flat sheet — MBR and submerged UF

Hydrophilic recrystallized SiC, oil-tolerant, solvent- and oxidant-stable. Works in the same submerged MBR format with real pressurized backwash.

  • Module 29 × 28 × 6.3 in (746 × 715 × 160 mm) · 42 sheets · 80.7 ft² (7.5 m²) · 98.8 lb (44.8 kg) dry
  • 100 nm pore · stacks up to 10 modules per tower (807 ft² / 75 m²)
  • Wastewater design flux 9–12 GFD (15–20 LMH), peak 15 GFD (25 LMH), the same for all products. Septic and low oversight: 6 GFD (10 LMH) or less. Lower flux means longer membrane life and more time between cleanings.
  • Max suction −0.6 bar · max backwash 17 psi (1.2 bar) · 41–113 °F (5–45 °C)
  • Backwash plus maintenance CEB and recovery CIP
Alumina multi-channel tubular ceramic elements

Alumina — the workhorse

A wider pore range than SiC: tight ultrafiltration down to near-nanofiltration on some elements. Cross-flow, high temperature. Tubular alumina serves pressurized UF on suitable streams.

  • Flat sheet or multi-channel tube
  • Municipal reuse, food and beverage, fine chemical separations
  • Choose SiC for the oiliest streams
  • Same design flux as the rest of the line: wastewater 9–12 GFD (15–20 LMH), peak 15 GFD (25 LMH); septic and low oversight 6 GFD (10 LMH) or less. Lower flux means longer membrane life and more time between cleanings. Recovery and cut-off are set on the stream.

Where ceramic runs

Application classes.

Oily & chemical

Produced and frac water, refinery oily streams, brine and chlor-alkali, cutting fluids, mine water.

Food & beverage

Juice, wine and beer clarification, sweetener and extract streams, product recovery.

Reuse & tough MBR

Industrial MBR, high-solids feeds, and reuse streams that need backwash and aggressive cleaning.

That design flux is Zyramic guidance for every product, and every ceramic module is sized to your feed and cleaning regime. Ceramic skids are assembled in Poughkeepsie, NY. Tell us your domestic-content requirements and we'll review what we can document.

Cut sheets & downloads

  • Ceramic SiC Flat Sheet cut sheet
    PDF · Oct 2026
    PDF
  • Ceramic Alumina cut sheet
    PDF · Oct 2026
    PDF
  • Ceramic flat sheet datasheet
    PDF
    PDF
  • Ceramic tubular datasheet
    PDF
    PDF

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A feed too hard for polymer?

Send the stream analysis and we will quote ceramic against it.

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