Assistance of inertial microfluidics in membrane-based microfiltration

• Main Authors: Zhang, Boran, Zhao, Wenhan, Wang, Ziyu, Zhao, Qianbin, Wu, Wenshuai
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Microfluidic Filter; Secondary Vortex
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170256
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Backwashing has been widely used in microfiltration to clear sludge cake formed on membrane surface. However, it was found to perform much below expectation if only few pores were clogged. For these conditions, other assistant methods preventing the clogging are needed. In this study, we propose a h...