Flux enhancement and cake formation in air-sparged cross-flow microfiltration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 296-303

  Hwang, Kuo Jen ^a   Wu, Ya Ju ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air bubble sparging; Cake properties; Cross flow microfiltration; Flux enhancement; Particle deposition

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR-BUBBLE SPARGING; CAKE PROPERTIES; CROSS-FLOW MICROFILTRATION; FLUX ENHANCEMENT; PARTICLE DEPOSITION;

MICROFILTRATION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFILTRATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 42949167775     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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