Integrated approach to design and calculation of electrobaromembrane devices to separate food production technological solutions

The objective of the study is to develop an integrated approach to the design and calculation of electric baromembrane units for the separation of process solutions in food production. The object of the study is an integrated approach to the design and calculation of electric baromembrane units for the separation of process solutions in food production. The research method is an analytical description and evaluation of the design parameters of the system under study: total surface (area) of membranes, volume of structural material, weight. The economic parameter of the studied integrated approach is the cost of the constituent elements of the device design. For the effective implementation of the processes of electric baromembrane separation of liquid process solutions in food production, it is necessary to develop universal designs of devices, which is based on the following main stages: design of the multichamber device; description of its operating principle with confirmation of the technical results; study of the conditions of industrial applicability with evaluation of the design and economic parameters (membrane surface area, volume of structural material, weight (mass of materials), cost; evaluation of the design and economic parameters during software implementation on a computer (in the Delphi/Object Pascal programming language) to automate the process of calculating the design elements. Analytical expressions for calculating the membrane surface area, the volume of structural material, and the weight (mass) of materials are obtained using the example of calculating flatchamber electrobaromembrane and electrobaromembrane devices. Based on the proposed integrated approach and the calculation of the effective surface area, volume, and mass of the device elements, it is proven that the BMAPT made of 12Kh18N10T steel has the highest manufacturing cost (RUB 13,479), followed by the EBMAPT made of PA6 (caprolon) (RUB 3,925). Based on the cost analysis of device designs for this type, two types of devices are promising options, as they can handle a variety of food media.