Rationally defined safety factors for filter sizing

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 341, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 268-278

  Lutz, Herbert ^a  

^a Millipore Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter sizing; Process variability; Safety factor; Scale up

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC; AREA-BASED; BIOPROCESSING; DATA EXTRAPOLATION; EXPECTED COSTS; EXPECTED VALUES; FILTER APPLICATIONS; FILTER SIZING; MINIMUM COST; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS PARAMETERS; PROCESS VARIABILITY; SCALE-UP;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLARIFICATION; POROUS MATERIALS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WINDOWS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER DESIGN; FILTRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SAFETY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 67650214671     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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