BIOPHARMACEUTICAL

MASTERpure™
Case Study eBook
MASTERpure™ INTRODUCTION

Water meeting the standards of the U.S. Pharmacopoeia must be produced

from a supply meeting the EPA drinking water standards. Drinking water
quality typically yields water that has been chemically treated with
coagulants, chlorination or other substances and filtered.

As such, many of the process steps employed to produce USP Purified

Water or WFI are redundant or add little to no value in the effort to
improve water quality. Examples include systems that use media
filtration, chemical injections, cartridge filtrations and in some cases,
reverse osmosis. Typically, these operations are employed to protect
downstream equipment such as reverse osmosis (RO) membranes
or stills. In some cases, RO is used to reduce the bioburden on the
downstream still.

MECO’s MASTERpure™ system utilizes the efficiency of either a micro

or ultrafiltration unit to eliminate some less valuable unit operations and
substantially improve the water quality early in the water purification process.
Because the micro/ultrafiltration units are chlorine tolerant and automatically
backwashed on a regular interval, they are far less susceptible to fouling and easier
to clean than traditional RO membranes.

As such, in systems where an RO is used to reduce biofouling to a still, the MECO

MASTERpure™ technology provides an excellent alternative. Where RO is still
required, the MASTERpure™ system can reduce improve the operation and
maintenance of the system. It’s perfect for tight spaces too where traditional systems
just won’t fit. And it comes with MECO MASTERsupport™ and the MECO Water
System Guarantee, a commitment you will only get from MECO.

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CASE STUDY: MASTERpure™ (CONTD.)

SITUATION
• The client wanted a comprehensive, customized solution from
one source for their USP Purified and WFI requirements.
• A challenging feedwater supply fueled need for exceptionally
low bioburden.
• There was also a concern about water quality fluctuations.
• They did not want to use carbon filters for dechlorination.
• In addition, they wanted a system that would supply WFI all
the time.
• There was a limited amount of space available.

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SOLUTION
• MECO’s MASTERpure™ system was employed to provide the
highest quality of water throughout the system.
• Utilizing state-of-the-art Microfiltration as the first pretreatment
step to reduce suspended solids and bacteria at the beginning
of the system.
• It’s a patented design based upon prior research in the field of
Microfiltration and its effects on water quality.
• The system used a MECO reverse osmosis system as
pretreatment to distillation with UV light for chlorine destruct
and feedback pressure control.

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BENEFIT
• MECO’s unique design provided the client with the highest
quality of water throughout the plant by removing various
constituents before they entered the system.
• Eliminating traditional media filters, cartridge filters, carbon
filters and the intermediate storage tank saved the client space
that was unavailable.
• In addition, this unique design reduced installation costs, and
the operation and maintenance of the plant.

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 Whether you need us to provide one link in
the water treatment chain or design the whole
system from scratch, MECO will deliver the
solution that works best in terms of cost,
efficiency and absolute water purity.

For more information, please contact:

MECO Sales
sales@MECO.com
Toll Free: 800.450.6326
Office: 985.249.5500
www.MECO.com

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