Experimental Study of Fouling and Cleaning of Sintered Stainless Steel Membrane in Electro-Microfiltration of Calcium Salt Particles

Autor: Frank G. F. Qin, Xin An Zeng, John Mawson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Membranes, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 119-131 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-0375
DOI: 10.3390/membranes1020119
Popis: Sintered stainless steel (SSS) microfiltration membranes, which served as electrode directly, were used for the experiment of separating Alamin, a calcium salt and protein containing particles, found in dairy processing. Fouling and cleaning of the SSS membranes under the application of an external electric field were studied. The imposed electric field was found, diverging the pH of permeate and retentate. This in turn altered the solubility of the calcium salt and impacted the performance of electro microfiltration membrane. Using electric field as an enhanced cleaning-in-place (CIP) method in back flushing SSS membrane was also studied.
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