Chilled Brine Separation

En'Urga is proposing to develop a low cost method of separating, Dynalene HC-40 and ethylene glycol.These fluids are currently used as brines for industrial refrigeration processes..EnUrga will evaluate the feasibility of developing a high throughput multi-channel separation device during Phase I research.The separation device will be fabricated using MEMS technology at Purdue University.During the Phase II work, En'Urga Inc. will partner with Purdue University to test out a small scale separation device.It is anticipated that the device can be used to separate other mixtures of fluid as well as Dynalene and Ethylene glycol that is of interest to the Air Force.For the Phase I work, En'Urga will investigate the feasibility of using a silicon dry etching in conjunction with a PDMS bonding process for the micro-fluidic array.We will use a laboratory mixture of Dynalene and ethylene glycol solution and evaluate the efficiency of separation.Our Phase I target would be to demonstrate a 100 element parallel array for separation.For the Phase II work, we will expand the number of channels to provide a separation flow rate of at least one gallon per hour.