Heat transfer fouling characteristics of microfiltered thin stillage from the dry grind process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6521-6527

  Arora, Amit ^a   Dien, Bruce S ^b   Belyea, Ronald L ^c   Singh, Vijay ^a   Tumbleson, M E ^a   Rausch, Kent D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Ethanol; Evaporator fouling

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; FILTRATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; PROBES; PROTEINS; STAINLESS STEEL;

CORN; DRY GRIND PROCESS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; INDUCTION PERIODS; MICRON PORE SIZE; PERMEATE FLUX RATE; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS;

FOULING;

FAT; STAINLESS STEEL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ALCOHOL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOULING; HEAT FLUX; MAIZE; MEMBRANE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROBE; PROTEIN; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DILUTED THIN STILLAGE; DILUTION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION PERMEATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FILTRATION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; SYNTHESIS;

ZEA MAYS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ETHANOL; FILTRATION; HOT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955494883     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.077     Document Type: Article

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