Effects of air-sparging on the filtration flux and cake properties in cross-flow microfiltration of size-distributed fine particles

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3485-3505

  Hwang, Kuo Jen ^a   Wu, Shiau Feng ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cake properties; Cross flow microfiltration; Gas liquid flow pattern; Particle deposition; Solid liquid separation

Indexed keywords

AIR; DRAG; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GRAVITATION; LIQUIDS; MICROFILTRATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY;

CAKE PROPERTIES; CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION;

AIR FILTERS;

FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; STRESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 79955029357     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390903183345     Document Type: Article

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