Comparative assessment of the efficiencies of gas sparging and back-flushing to improve yeast microfiltration using tubular ceramic membranes

Desalination

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Fadaei, H ^a   Tabaei, S R ^a   Roostaazad, R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Back flushing; Gas sparging; Microfiltration; Yeast suspension

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); YEAST;

BACK-FLUSHING; CAKE FORMATION; GAS SPARGING;

MICROFILTRATION;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MICROFILTRATION; YEAST;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CERAMICS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUSHING; FOULING; MEMBRANE; ULTRAFILTRATION; YEAST;

EID: 35648997882     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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