Wastewater management and hydrogen supply

Inten­sive research and devel­op­ment work is at the heart of decar­boniz­ing indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion and imple­ment­ing the cir­cu­lar econ­o­my. At FILTECH 2023, inter­na­tion­al uni­ver­si­ties, research insti­tu­tions and com­pa­nies will show how the green trans­for­ma­tion can suc­ceed – includ­ing cur­rent con­tri­bu­tions from the Fraun­hofer Insti­tute for Ceram­ic Tech­nolo­gies and Sys­tems IKTS. The indus­try of the future is low-car­bon and circular.

Lec­tures, pre­sen­ta­tions, poster ses­sions: Sci­en­tif­ic exchange is tra­di­tion­al­ly the focus of the FILTECH con­gress area. Numer­ous research insti­tutes stand with their con­tri­bu­tions at FILTECH 2023 for a pro­gram that guar­an­tees valu­able infor­ma­tion from all areas of the indus­try. From Feb­ru­ary 14 to 16, 2023, the most impor­tant inter­na­tion­al meet­ing place for fil­tra­tion and sep­a­ra­tion of all types of media will again take place at the exhi­bi­tion cen­ter in Cologne.

Vis­i­tors to FILTECH find out about trends in research and devel­op­ment. The impor­tance of fil­tra­tion and sep­a­ra­tion for the green trans­for­ma­tion of the indus­try is illus­trat­ed by two con­tri­bu­tions from the Fraun­hofer Insti­tute for Ceram­ic Tech­nolo­gies and Sys­tems IKTS (Fraun­hofer IKTS). Togeth­er with part­ner insti­tutes, the insti­tu­tion has found­ed a test and inno­va­tion plat­form for the treat­ment of indus­tri­al waste­water, in the con­text of which inno­v­a­tive water treat­ment tech­nolo­gies and for­ward-look­ing cir­cu­lar con­cepts for water use are being test­ed under real-life con­di­tions. The plat­form on the plant site of the Bit­ter­feld-Wolfen joint waste­water treat­ment plant in Ger­many com­pris­es sev­er­al test con­tain­ers and flex­i­bly usable test facil­i­ties for the devel­op­ment, test­ing and trans­fer of new tech­nolo­gies for the desali­na­tion of water, the recov­ery of process chem­i­cals and raw mate­ri­als, and water from com­plex indus­tri­al wastewater.

Fraun­hofer IKTS will also present research results for the estab­lish­ment of a hydro­gen econ­o­my at FILTECH. Researchers at the insti­tute have devel­oped a tech­nol­o­gy based on car­bon mem­branes that can be used to effi­cient­ly sep­a­rate hydro­gen and nat­ur­al gas. The mem­brane tech­nol­o­gy thus makes it pos­si­ble to trans­port the two sub­stances togeth­er through the nat­ur­al gas net­work and to sep­a­rate them from each oth­er at the des­ti­na­tion accord­ing to demand. Due to their high sta­bil­i­ty even at high tem­per­a­tures, the car­bon mem­branes are also suit­able for sep­a­rat­ing car­bon diox­ide from indus­tri­al gases.

Inno­va­tion Guide for fil­tra­tion and separation

The spe­cial fea­ture of FILTECH is the com­bi­na­tion of trade fair and con­gress: Cur­rent research results are as much part of the pro­gram as mar­ket-avail­able inno­va­tions. The Inno­va­tion Guide pro­vides an overview of all the solu­tions on dis­play for cur­rent and future chal­lenges: It shows vis­i­tors tar­get­ed fil­tra­tion and sep­a­ra­tion solu­tions for all indus­tries. To pre­pare for the vis­it, the guide is avail­able on the FILTECH website.

After more than 14,000 vis­i­tors last time, the orga­niz­er expects even more par­tic­i­pants at FILTECH 2023 – both in the exhi­bi­tion area and at the con­gress. In a dynam­ic envi­ron­ment, FILTECH thus con­tin­ues to main­tain its role as a focused trade show with com­pre­hen­sive infor­ma­tion on all aspects of fil­tra­tion and sep­a­ra­tion. Vis­i­tor reg­is­tra­tion is open; until Jan­u­ary 14, 2023, vis­i­tors ben­e­fit from an Ear­ly Bird offer.

FILTECH 2023 – the facts

• Venue: Cologne Exhi­bi­tion Cen­ter (Ger­many), Halls 7 and 8
• Event date: Tues­day, Feb­ru­ary 14 to Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 16, 2023
• Exhi­bi­tion fre­quen­cy: every 1.5 years
• Open­ing hours:

Feb­ru­ary 14: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Feb­ru­ary 15: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Feb­ru­ary 16: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.