Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Pages: 2177-2189

Journal: Separation Science and Technology

Volume number: 50

Issue number: 14

ISSN: 0149-6395

eISSN: 1520-5754

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2015.1031401

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
In lactic acid fermentation broth systems, membrane fouling is characterized as the crucial factor in limiting ceramic membrane life-time and efficiency. This study aimed to find the limiting factor of this process and seek an effective solution. By quantitative analysis using resistance-in-series model, the cake layer resistance is demonstrated to be the dominant factor in a steady state. A cake compressibility index was measured as high as 2.09. Within the low transmembrane pressure range, the cake resistance was manipulated through crossflow velocity regulation to achieve a better membrane performance. A new correlation between flux and cell density was also introduced.

Harvard Citation style: Fan, R., Ebrahimi, M., Quitmann, H. and Czermak, P. (2015) Lactic Acid Production in a Membrane Bioreactor System with Thermophilic Bacillus coagulans: Fouling Analysis of the Used Ceramic Membranes, Separation Science and Technology, 50(14), pp. 2177-2189. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2015.1031401

APA Citation style: Fan, R., Ebrahimi, M., Quitmann, H., & Czermak, P. (2015). Lactic Acid Production in a Membrane Bioreactor System with Thermophilic Bacillus coagulans: Fouling Analysis of the Used Ceramic Membranes. Separation Science and Technology. 50(14), 2177-2189. https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2015.1031401