Flow-field mitigation of membrane fouling (FMMF) via manipulation of the convective flow in cross-flow membrane applications

• Main Authors: Zamani, Farhad, Tanudjaja, Henry Jonathan, Akhondi, Ebrahim, Krantz, William Bill, Fane, Anthony Gordon, Chew, Jia Wei
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Microfiltration; Cross-flow membrane applications
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85616; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43785
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Membrane fouling by particulates is largely driven by permeate drag that causes the foulants to move towards the membrane. Cross-flow is used to induce shear at the membrane surface to mitigate the fouling. This study describes the flow-field mitigation of membrane fouling (FMMF) technique that redu...