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Liquid Filtration and Separation with Inorganic Membranes: Operating Considerations and some Aspects of System Design

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Inorganic Membranes Synthesis, Characteristics and Applications

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There are a variety of industrially important liquid phase systems where membrane technology has been successfully applied for separation purposes. Such membrane processes as microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) using polymeric membranes have been in commercial use for over two decades.

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Abbreviations

a, A:

constants for a given liquid

dU/dr:

shear rate

F0 :

initial flux

Fα :

filtrate flux when a fraction of pores (a) is blocked

n:

number of monolayers of particles

P1 :

tube-side (feed) inlet pressure

P2 :

permeate outlet pressure

P3 :

tube-side (retentate) outlet pressure

Q:

total permeate rate, Equation (5.8), m3/h

Q1 :

permeate rate, m3/h

Q3 :

flow rate of retentate. Equation (5.7), m3/h

t:

duration of operation, h

V0 :

system dead volume, m3

Vc :

volumetric concentration factor expressed as retentate concentration/feed concentration based on volume/flow considerations

α:

fraction of the pores blocked

α':

minimum retention ratio. Equation (5.3)

α 1 :

initial permeate rate at = 1, Equation (5.8)

α 2 :

experimentally determined parameter. Equation (5.8)

ΔPB :

pressure differential between the permeate-side and feed-side under the backflushing condition

ΔPT :

transmembrane pressure

Ï„:

shear stress

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Bhave, R.R. (1991). Liquid Filtration and Separation with Inorganic Membranes: Operating Considerations and some Aspects of System Design. In: Inorganic Membranes Synthesis, Characteristics and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6547-1_5

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