Ultrafiltration of palm oil-oleic acid-glycerin solutions: Fouling mechanism identification, fouling mechanism analysis and membrane characterizations

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 419-431

  Mah, Shee Keat ^a   Chuah, Chong Kheng ^a   Cathie Lee, W P ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Hermia's model; PVDF membrane; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BIODIESEL INDUSTRY; CAKE FORMATION; FOULING MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; MODEL ANALYSIS; PALM OIL; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PVDF MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SINGLE STAGE; STANDARD BLOCKING; TRANSITION TIME;

CONTACT ANGLE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLYCEROL; MEMBRANE FOULING; PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; VEGETABLE OILS;

OLEIC ACID;

EID: 84865808357     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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