Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1995, 60, 2074-2084
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19952074
Effect of Fluidized Bed on Permeate Flux in Ceramic Membrane Cross-Flow Microfiltration
Petr Mikulášek
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pardubice, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic
Abstract
The microfiltration of a model fluid on an α-alumina microfiltration tubular membrane in the presence of a fluidized bed has been examined. Following the description of the basic characteristic of alumina tubular membranes, model dispersion and spherical particles used, some comments on the experimental system and experimental results for different microfiltration systems are presented. From the analysis of experimental results it may be concluded that the use of turbulence-promoting agents resulted in a significant increase of permeate flux through the membrane. It was found out that the optimum porosity of fluidized bed for which the maximum values of permeate flux were reached is approximately 0.8.
