Application of fluidised particles as turbulence promoters in ultrafiltration: Improvement of flux and rejection

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 157-169

  Noordman, T R ^a,c   De Jonge, A ^a   Wesselingh, J A ^a   Bel, W ^b   Dekker, M ^b   Voorde, E Ter ^b   Grijpma, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Heineken International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Fluidised beds; Fouling; Mass transfer; Membranes

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIZED BEDS; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; TURBULENCE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FLUIDIZED PARTICLES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ENERGY; FLUIDIZED BED; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; TURBULENCE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; DENSITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLUIDIZED BED; FOULING PREVENTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0036808972     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(02)00229-6     Document Type: Article

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