The application of low pressure membranes (microfiltration/ultrafiltration) has undergone accelerated development for drinking water production. However, the major obstacle encountered in its popularization is membrane fouling caused by natural organic matter (NOM). This paper firstly summarizes the two factors causing the organic membrane fouling, including molecular weight (MW) and hydrophili...

Quinoa protein concentrate was hydrolyzed with alcalase to obtain a hydrolysate that was fractionated by ultrafiltration using 10000and 5000-molecular-weight cutoff membranes. Functional properties of the protein concentrate, protein hydrolysate, and membrane permeates were compared at different pH values. Protein solubility of the hydrolysate and membrane permeates were significantly higher (P...

Although chemical solutions are widely employed to clean membranes, they can also be responsible for changes in membrane properties. The two major drawbacks are then either the functional properties of the membrane gradually change, so the production can no longer meet requirements in terms of volume or quality, or the membrane simply breaks up (hollow fibers), and the system has to be shut dow...

In this work, the porous ceramic multilayer ultrafiltration membrane is developed. Macroporous support was formed by extrusion of paste derived from natural Moroccan Sahara Clay. The microporous interlayer then performed slip casting zirconia commercial powders and finally active toplayer obtained solgel route using TiO 2 sol. performance evaluated pores diameter, thickness top layer, water flu...

Membrane fouling by the high protein concentrations used in biopharmaceutical industry remains poorly understood. In this study, feed of up to 10,000 ppm bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated with three polymeric membranes, two which had same molecular weight cut-off (namely, PES100 and PSF100), membrane material PES10). A crossflow ultrafiltration (UF) setup equipped electrical impedanc...