Investigation of Fouling In Clarification of Non-Alcoholic Beer with Crossflow Microfiltration Membranes

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Hajipour Shirazifard, Mastaneh |

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 39083 (06)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Advisor(s): Soltanieh, Mohammad
Abstract:
In the present work, numerical simulation of cross-flow microfiltration of non-alcoholic beer in a tubular membrane has been studied. Finite element analysis was used as a powerful tool for simulation. The feed stream, which flows mainly tangentially to the porous membrane surface, is modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations. Porous wall conditions are described by the Darcy equation that relates the pressure gradient within a flow stream to the flow rate through the permeable wall. A pilot-scale cross-flow membrane filter was developed to verify the model results. Ceramic tubular membranes were used in this study. The cross-flow velocity of the feed solution was controlled at the laminar region. A new model was used to consider the membrane fouling and permeate flux reduction. It was shown that the model results have good agreement with experimental observations
Keywords:
PLUGGING ; Simulation ; Porous Media ; Microfiltration ; Membrane Module

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