The use of intermittent gas bubbling to control membrane fouling in concentrating TCM extract by membrane distillation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 372, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-181

  Ding, Zhongwei ^a   Liu, Liying ^a   Liu, Zhe ^a   Ma, Runyu ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct contact membrane distillation; Gas bubbling; Membrane fouling

Indexed keywords

CLEANING EFFICIENCY; DIRECT CONTACT MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; FEED SIDE; FLUX DECLINE; FOULANTS; FOULING LAYERS; FOULING RESISTANCE; GAS BUBBLING; GAS FLOWRATE; MEMBRANE DISTILLATION; MEMBRANE MODULE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; OR FLUXES; PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY; TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE;

DISTILLATION; GASES; MEDICINE; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DISTILLATION; FLOW RATE; FOULING CONTROL; GAS FLOW; INTERMITTENT GAS BUBBLING; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79953027984     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.01.063     Document Type: Article

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