Technology selection & feasibility
Feed and product specification review, screening of membrane and non-membrane options, projection modelling, independent audits of vendor proposals, and pilot-trial scoping and evaluation.
Feasibility services →
Independent membrane process consulting
Consulting and engineering for membrane separation — from feasibility to commissioning.
Kukan LLC supports plant owners, integrators and food producers with microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis, and with the complete process lines built around them: pretreatment, post-treatment, cleaning systems, automation and sourcing. We hold no distribution mandates — every recommendation is made on technical and economic merit.
What we do
Support along the full lifecycle of a membrane installation
From the first feed-water analysis to end-of-life element replacement — as your independent technical arm and sourcing intermediary, not as a turn-key contractor selling its own scope.
Process & line design support
Mass balance, recovery and flux design; array staging; pretreatment and post-treatment engineering; CIP system design; P&ID review, hydraulics and materials selection.
Design services →Supplier screening & procurement
Supplier qualification, levelled RFQs and normalized bid comparison, consolidated multi-vendor shipments, spare parts and consumables supply, and element cross-referencing for existing plants.
Procurement services →Installation & commissioning
FAT/SAT protocols and witnessing, membrane loading and start-up sequencing, performance testing against projections, normalization baselining, operator training and O&M documentation.
Commissioning services →Automation, control & software
Control philosophy and functional design specifications, PLC/HMI/SCADA implementation, data-normalization software for early fouling detection, and remote monitoring of unmanned plants.
Automation services →Audits, diagnostics & optimization
Normalized performance review, fouling and scaling diagnosis, CIP effectiveness studies and retrofit planning — supported by independent laboratories for element testing and membrane autopsies.
Audit services →
Where we work
Applications
Every feed water, effluent and product stream imposes its own combination of membrane class, module format, pretreatment and operating regime. These are the fields we work in — with concrete treatment approaches for each.
Water treatment
Potable, industrial process and high-purity water; brackish and seawater desalination; PFAS barriers and water reuse.
Applications and treatment trains →
Industrial wastewater
Volume reduction and resource recovery by membrane concentration: leachate, digestate, effluents, ZLD pre-concentration.
Streams and approaches →
Food & beverage
Whey protein and lactose separation, milk fractionation, beverage clarification and concentration.
Processes and product cuts →
Independence
Why clients use an independent consultant
Manufacturers advise within their own portfolio; contractors sell their own scope. An independent engineer works between the two — on the client's side of the specification.
Objective selection
Element and equipment choices are driven by projections, lifecycle cost and service reality — not by a distribution agreement.
Competitive sourcing
Parallel RFQs across multiple suppliers, levelled technically so bids are truly comparable — then consolidated into one managed delivery.
Unbiased audits
If the correct answer is to adjust the cleaning regime and keep your existing membranes longer, that is the recommendation you receive.
How it works
A typical engagement
Scope and deliverables are agreed in writing before work starts. Engagements range from a short design review to multi-month support of a complete procurement and commissioning cycle.
Understand the stream
Feed and product data, flows, constraints and objectives — supplemented by laboratory analysis or piloting where the data doesn't yet exist.
Define the solution
Technology screening, projections and train design — or an independent review of the proposals already on your desk.
Source it right
Specifications, competitive RFQs, bid levelling and consolidated delivery — or verification of the supplier you already prefer.
Make it perform
Commissioning, acceptance testing, performance baselining, operator training — and ongoing monitoring if you want it.
Discuss your project
A new line, a tender to review, an underperforming plant, a sourcing task or a stream you want to valorize — describe the situation and we will propose the leanest way to a reliable answer.