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PORETEXTM Separation and Dewatering

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Short Overview

Introduction
Roschier is a technology company involved in the development of environmentally friendly porous plastic products based on substituted vinyl polymer. Roschier has developed a formulation and process for cost-effectively producing a family of non-toxic highly porous environmentally friendly polymer materials. The company is operating a testing facility for a porous plastic material known as PORETEX at its pilot scale production unit and has established a commercially viable batch production process for PORETEX resin manufacture using proprietary mixing equipment. The test facility allows the company to demonstrate its technology, manufacture pilot scale quantities of PORETEX material and conduct the necessary R&D to support the development of full scale production of PORETEX. The final phase of development involves commercialisation into high value market sectors and commencing sales in the second half of 2014 and licensing the technology for onward worldwide production through franchising partners from 2016. To protect the technology behind this invention, Roschier has filed a patent application in the European Union and is exploring other markets where there are commercial interests to implement this material into commercially viable industrial applications. It is expected that patent will be granted during 2015. Roschiers PORETEX technology is the most advanced and cost-effective process for the manufacture of porous polymer materials that allows the production of novel porous filter materials with superior water separation and emulsion breaking capabilities. The technology delivers a unique and cost-effective approach to dewatering applications in the filtration industry. Roschier is further developing new applications where the environmentally friendly properties and performance characteristics of the PORETEX material are demanded. For the development of new markets PORETEX is ideally placed to compete with conventional fibre based filter materials due to its superior technical properties and environmentally friendly characteristics. The company's mission is: To be a technology driven organisation developing and proving environmentally friendly polymers and offering means by which such products can be commercially exploited through a global licensing programme with existing manufacturers.

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Technology
The PORETEX material is a state-of-the-art water separating porous polymer, which is mainly intended for emulsion breaking and dewatering of fuels and light oils. PORETEX is based on substituted vinyl polymer (e.g. PVOH) that gives a strong hydrophilicity to the material. It is also possible to control and augment the hydrophilicity of the material according to the specific requirements of an industrial application or an environmental variable. This can be done through adding different substituting groups to the polymer backbone. When processing water containing emulsions of light oils with conventional separation systems, these emulsions prove themselves as very hard to break and retain their stability under most conditions. These emulsions are also unfeasible to break with applications that involve separation through settling; even the more unstable emulsions that are theoretically separable with settling take too long to process in order to be applied in most industrial processes. There are many different dewatering and emulsion breaking solutions in the market which are not efficient or cost effective and do not guarantee adequate water separation to meet contemporary industrial requirements. Some of these dewatering solutions also involve filtration; however these filtering units require multiple run-throughs in order to achieve comparable results with PORETEX and exhaust themselves faster because of their fibre based composition. In addition, some competing solutions break emulsions by means of absorption (not to be confused with adsorption), meaning that these units fill up and turn irrevocably useless. Roschier has developed a new dewatering technology that is based on filtration through porous polymers that overcomes these problems and produces an efficient cost effective product with superior properties of physical endurance.

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Technical Properties of PORETEX

PORETEX is engineered to offer long lasting endurance in industrial applications. The main strength advantages of PORETEX polymers have been determined by standard test methods for porosity, water separation efficiency, pressure drop and working temperature range. These technical properties enable the PORETEX material to have superior dewatering capabilities when compared to competing technologies based on fibre technology.

General Technical Specifications

Fluid throughput Free water separation/isolation Emulsion isolation Filtered measurement Pressure tolerance Organic waste isolation 200LPH 99.99% 92-97% 3-5 microns 6-10 bar 99,90%

PORETEX Advantages
Non-toxic High dewatering capability Ability to break emulsions High porosity Strong mechanical endurance Low pressure drop Easy to process Environmentally friendly

PORETEX Limitations
Incompatibility with strong acids, especially when light alcohols are present Tough resins can clog the pores of the material Production involves some process sensitivity; needs good process control.

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Flow Rate VS. Separation Efficiency

This section illustrates the water separation efficiency of the PORETEX material in relation to the flow speed of the liquid*. The figures below have been obtained by using the PORETEX material in two levels of thickness**: 1) PORETEX material sheet with a working area of 86 cm2 and 3 cm thickness 2) PORETEX material sheet with a working area of 86 cm2 and 10 cm thickness
* This example is based on water separation from ISO EN 590 diesel fuel ** The filter media used in this example was PORETEX 25

The information demonstrates that separation efficiency increases with the thickness of the PORETEX material.

1) Water separation efficiency % of the PORETEX sheet (S=86 cm2, D=3 cm)*
litres/min

4 3 2 1 0,1

10 m
40 45 51 58 65

30 m

Emulsion droplet size

50 m

60 m
90 97 99 99 99

100 m
99,99 99,99 99,99 99,99 99,99

50 60 81 90 95

60 70 90 95 98

* in DN100 SCH30 pipe

120

100 Separation Efficiency %

80

Emulsion droplet size

10 m

60

30 m 50 m 60 m 100 m

40

20

0 0 1 2 Flow rate l/min 3 4

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2) Water separation efficiency % of the PORETEX sheet (S=86 cm2, D=10 cm)*
litres/min

4 3 2 1 0,1

10 m
85 86 87 94 95

30 m

Emulsion droplet size

50 m

60 m
99 99 99,9 99,9 99,9

100 m
99,99 99,99 99,99 99,99 99,99

93 95 95 97 98

98 99 99 99 99

* in DN100 SCH30 pipe

102 100 98 Separation Efficiency % 96 94 92 90 88 86 84 0 1 2 Flow rate l/min 3 4

Emulsion droplet size

10 m 30 m 50 m 60 m 100 m

Additional Notes: Water separation efficiency tested in accordance with the standard ISO 16332 (Diesel engines - Fuel filters - Method for evaluating fuel/water separation efficiency). Water content of the filtered product determined in accordance with the standard EN ISO 12937 (Petroleum products - Determination of water - Colorimetric Karl Fischer titration method).

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PRODUCT RANGE
PORETEX 25
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
25micron 85,00% 1bar 60,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 99,00% 60C 1.2.14

PORETEX 30
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
30micron 85,00% 0.6bar 90,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 99,00% 60C 1.2.14

PORETEX 40
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
40micron 95,00% 0.2bar 100,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 99,00% 60C 1.2.14

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PRODUCT RANGE
PORETEX 45
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
45micron 95,00% 0.2bar 100,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 95,00% 60C 1.2.14

PORETEX 60
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
60micron 95,00% 0.1bar 100,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 70,00% 60C 1.2.14

PORETEX 2000
Technical Properties
Break emulsion Porosity Pressure drop Waste holding capacity Back wash Biodegradable Organic waste isolation Operating temperature pH range

Parameters
2000micron 97,00% 0.02bar 100,00% YES 5 Yrs - 100% 60C 1.2.14

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Contacts

CEO +372 50 73 053 allan.eesmaa@roschier.ch

Allan Eesmaa

Lemba Talve

Head of Sales & Marketing +372 51 83 877 lemba@roschier.ch

Address

Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol Mealuse 2, Tehnopol1KV, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

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