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A bit of an off the wall question here, and some background for its application to start.
I do an aftercare service for pets and use aquamation instead of cremation. Basically how it works is a highly alkaline solution (pH ~ 12-13) at a near boiling temp is used to break down tissue. The resulting solution at the end is super dense in organic material and right now we are discharging it into the sewer, but along with it goes hundreds of gallons of water and all the alkali salts we used. I am beginning to think of the system as a big, glorified aquarium and imagine a big protein skimmer that could filter the protein from the water, and leave the water and alkali salts behind to be used in the system again. I could cool the solution to do this, but I feel like the time and energy to cool then re-heat would be too much.
I am wondering if there is a protein skimming system that would work in near boiling water temps, like 210 F? Is protein skimming at temps like this practical or even possible? If there is a known upper limit to protein skimming working, what is it? Does anyone know of resources I could look into to find equipment that functions here? I would also need a high temp pump for this idea to work.
I do an aftercare service for pets and use aquamation instead of cremation. Basically how it works is a highly alkaline solution (pH ~ 12-13) at a near boiling temp is used to break down tissue. The resulting solution at the end is super dense in organic material and right now we are discharging it into the sewer, but along with it goes hundreds of gallons of water and all the alkali salts we used. I am beginning to think of the system as a big, glorified aquarium and imagine a big protein skimmer that could filter the protein from the water, and leave the water and alkali salts behind to be used in the system again. I could cool the solution to do this, but I feel like the time and energy to cool then re-heat would be too much.
I am wondering if there is a protein skimming system that would work in near boiling water temps, like 210 F? Is protein skimming at temps like this practical or even possible? If there is a known upper limit to protein skimming working, what is it? Does anyone know of resources I could look into to find equipment that functions here? I would also need a high temp pump for this idea to work.
