Influencia de la Aplicación de Ultrasonidos en la Limpieza de Membranas de Ultrafiltración Empleadas en Separación de Proteínas en la Industria Láctea
[EN] This Doctoral Thesis studies the influence of US application on the ultrafiltration membrane cleaning for both organic and inorganic membranes previously fouled with different protein model solutions. In addition, the effect of the cleaning operating conditions (US frequency, US application mod...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/61384 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/61384 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Membranas Ultrafiltración, Ultrasonidos Proteínas INGENIERIA QUIMICA |
| Sumario: | [EN] This Doctoral Thesis studies the influence of US application on the ultrafiltration membrane cleaning for both organic and inorganic membranes previously fouled with different protein model solutions. In addition, the effect of the cleaning operating conditions (US frequency, US application mode and temperature and concentration of the cleaning agent) on the cleaning efficiency was studied. On the other hand, membrane fouling caused by these protein model solutions was evaluated. Experiments were performed at a laboratory scale with flat sheet organic membranes and with tubular ceramic membranes. Three different protein model solutions were employed: BSA solution, BSA plus CaCl2 solution (to study the calcium concentration influence) and a commercial whey solution. Experimental conditions during the fouling experiments were the same in all the cases, so the influence of the cleaning method could be evaluated. Regarding the cleaning experiments, on one hand temperature and concentration of the chemical cleaning agent (NaOH and P3 Ultrasil 115 were tested) were varied to study the influence of these parameters over the cleaning efficiency. On the other hand, the influence of the US frequency and the way to apply the US were evaluated. US were applied in two different modes: generating US in the chemical cleaning solution which feed the system or by submerging the membrane module inside the US bath (two different position of the membrane module inside the bath were studied). The obtained results demonstrated that, with protein model solutions, inorganic membranes were more prone to fouling than the organic ones. Regarding the influence of US over the cleaning efficiency, US application was effective in all the cases tested; although sometimes the increase in the efficiency is sufficiently high to make it economically feasible. The US frequency with which the higher cleaning efficiencies were achieved was the lowest one among the tested. In addition, results from Statgraphics showed that neither temperature nor concentration of the cleaning agent were statistically significant variables over the cleaning efficiency (in the range of temperature and concentration studied). |
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