Improving permeate flux and product transmission in the microfiltration of a bacterial cell suspension by flocculation with cationic polyelectrolytes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 198-208

  Aspelund, Matthew T ^a   Rozeboom, Glenn ^b   Heng, Meng ^c   Glatz, Charles E ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Genencor   (United States)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Flocculation; Flux; Fouling; Microfiltration; Rejection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLARIFICATION; ELECTROLYTES; FERMENTATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ATTRACTIVE METHOD; BACTERIAL CELLS; CAKE LAYERS; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTES; CHAIN LENGTHS; CROSS-FLOW FILTRATION; CROSSFLOW RATE; FERMENTATION BROTHS; FLOCCULATED PARTICLES; FLUX; FOULING; INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION; PERMEATE FLUXES; REJECTION; SUBTILISIN;

FLOCCULATION;

POLYELECTROLYTE; SUBTILISIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SUSPENSION; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 50349084856     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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