Experimental study of membrane fouling during crossflow microfiltration of yeast and bacteria suspensions: Towards an analysis at the microscopic level

Membranes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 44-68

  Ben Hassan, Ines ^a,b,c,d   Ennouri, Monia ^a,e   Lafforgue, Christine ^b,c,d   Schmitz, Philippe ^b,c,d   Ayadi, Abdelmoneim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b INSA   (France)

^c UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Direct observation; Escherichia coli; Filtration chamber design; Filtration resistances; Microfiltration; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YEAST;

CHAMBER DESIGN; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; FILTRATION RESISTANCE; MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE YEAST;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84877882958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes3020044     Document Type: Article

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