The use of gas bubbling to enhance membrane processes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-35

  Cui, Z F ^a   Chang, S ^b   Fane, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration polarisation; Enhancement; Gas bubbling; Membrane process; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOSEPARATION;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

ALCOHOL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN;

BUBBLE; CONCENTRATION; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; PERFORMANCE; SLUG; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOREACTOR; BIOSEPARATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPT FORMATION; DISPERSION; ENERGY; FERMENTATION; FIBER; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUIDIZED BED; FRACTIONATION; GAS; GAS FLOW; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HYBRID; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMMERSION; LIQUID; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; MODEL; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; TUBE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

EID: 0042164483     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(03)00246-1     Document Type: Review

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