Flux dependent oil permeation in the ultrafiltration of highly concentrated and unstable oil-in-water emulsions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Falahati, H ^a   Tremblay, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colloidal glass transition point; Critical flux; Filter cake yield stress; Oil in water emulsion; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MEMBRANES; TRANSITION FLOW; ULTRAFILTRATION; YIELD STRESS;

BREAKTHROUGH ANALYSIS; COLLOIDAL GLASS TRANSITION; CRITICAL FLUX; FILTER CAKES; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES;

PERMEATION;

WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 79952250361     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.01.047     Document Type: Article

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