Behavior of oil droplets at the membrane surface during crossflow microfiltration of oil-water emulsions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 500, Issue , 2016, Pages 211-224

  Tummons, Emily N ^a   Tarabara, Volodymyr V ^a   Chew, Jia Wei ^b,c   Fane, Anthony G ^c,d  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crossflow filtration; Direct observation through membrane (DOTM); Force balance; Microfiltration; Oil water separation

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; SHEAR FLOW; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; VISUALIZATION; WATER FILTRATION;

CROSS FLOW FILTRATION; CROSSFLOW MICROFILTRATION; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; FORCE BALANCES; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; OIL WATER SEPARATION; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION RESULTS;

MICROFILTRATION;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FAT DROPLET; HEXADECANE; POLYCARBONATE; WATER; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FORCE; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROFILTRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84949255175     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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