Membrane fouling during ultra- and microfiltration of whey and whey proteins at different environmental conditions: The role of aggregated whey proteins as fouling initiators

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 489, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Steinhauer, Tim ^a,b   Marx, Melanie ^a   Bogendörfer, Kerstin ^a   Kulozik, Ulrich ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Membrane fouling; Protein aggregate; Thermal treatment; Whey protein; Lactoglobulin

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; HEAT TREATMENT; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PROTEINS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BETA-LACTOGLOBULIN; CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LACTOGLOBULIN; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; WHEY PROTEINS;

DAIRIES;

BETA LACTOGLOBULIN; DISULFIDE; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; THIOL;

ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; FRACTIONATION; HEAT TREATMENT; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUSPENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WHEY;

EID: 84928577572     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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