Cake formation and the decreased performance of whey ultrafiltration

Fouling in whey ultrafiltration is still a problem to be solved and modelling the permeate flux is still a challenge. A set of experiments of whey ultrafiltration was performed and it was demonstrated that the cake filtration model accurately represents the permeate flux over time despite exist more...

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Autores: Brião, Vandré Barbosa, Seguenka, Bruna, Zanon, Caroline Dalcin, Milani, Adriana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta scientiarum. Technology (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/27585
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/27585
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:flux modelling
membrane
dairy
pore blocking
membrane rejection.
ultrafiltration
whey.
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Sumario:Fouling in whey ultrafiltration is still a problem to be solved and modelling the permeate flux is still a challenge. A set of experiments of whey ultrafiltration was performed and it was demonstrated that the cake filtration model accurately represents the permeate flux over time despite exist more complex models to describe the phenomenon. In less than 10 s an irreversible resistance is established, and the cake starts to build up. It was observed changes in protein rejection in a range of 98 and 94% when a higher cake layer was set up, but it was not noticed strong evidences that the layer deposited on the membrane surface drives this change.