Tea saponin is a type of natural glycoside compound found in plants of the Camellia family, widely used in daily chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food, building materials, pesticides, and other industries. Currently, the industrial production of tea saponin in China generally employs organic solvent extraction methods, with water extraction being the primary process. However, the water extraction process has the following shortcomings that urgently need to be addressed:

      1) How to effectively remove macromolecular impurities such as sugars, proteins, starch, and pigments that are co-extracted during the process.

      2) How to concentrate the extract efficiently with low energy consumption while maintaining quality, reducing production costs, and improving product quality.

     3) How to reduce the amount of wastewater generated during the tea saponin production process and how to achieve wastewater recycling.

       To address the issues in the tea saponin water extraction process, Chongqing Jiahe Filtration Technology Co., Ltd. has integrated the world's advanced membrane separation technology with traditional tea saponin processes. By employing membrane separation ultrafiltration technology, the company has successfully removed dissolved or semi-dissolved macromolecular impurities such as proteins, starch, and colloids from the extract, resulting in high clarity of the filtrate and high purity of tea saponin. The refined solution after ultrafiltration is further treated with the JH-NS80 membrane concentration system. Under low energy consumption and physical room temperature conditions, this system highly enriches the effective components of tea saponin while allowing water to permeate, achieving high-concentration extraction.

       For example, a tea saponin membrane concentration system for a customer in Jiangxi has a designed capacity of 3 tons/hour, with a total installed power of 18KW and an actual operating power of 15KW. The dehydration energy cost is only 5KW/h/ton of water. Including membrane element loss and other material depreciation costs, the total cost is only 15-20 yuan/ton of water, which is 80% or more energy-saving compared to traditional steam thermal concentration. Moreover, the process is a room-temperature physical concentration process, which does not cause thermal damage to the effective components of tea saponin.

Tea Saponin Membrane Concentration SystemParameters:

     Equipment Capacity: 50L/h-20t/h  Custom-designed

     Equipment Material: SUS304 or 316L

      Separation Precision: 100Da-1000Da        

      Control Mode: Manual/Variable Frequency Control, Semi-automatic, Fully Automatic

      Operating Pressure: 0.8-3.0MPa

Tea Saponin Membrane Concentration SystemPrice: Customized as neededPrice negotiable