Performance of ceramic micro- and ultrafiltration membranes treating limed and partially clarified sugar cane juice

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 327, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 69-77

  Jegatheesan, V ^a   Phong, D D ^a   Shu, L ^a   Ben Aim, R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Institute of Science   (France)

Author keywords

Ceramic membrane; Color removal; Flux; Membrane cleaning; Membrane fouling; Purity; Sugar cane juice; Transmembrane pressure (TMP)

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MEMBRANE; COLOR REMOVAL; FLUX; MEMBRANE CLEANING; PURITY; SUGAR CANE JUICE; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE (TMP);

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CELL MEMBRANES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHLORINE; CLARIFICATION; FILTRATION; FLUXES; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR CANE; SUGARS; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CERAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGARCANE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 58649092397     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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