Improvement of the performance of the ultrafiltration of bentonite suspensions using a swirling decaying annular flow: comparison with tangential plane and axial annular flows |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;1. Graduate School of EEWS, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea;1. Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Technology of College of Heilongjiang Province, College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, PR China;2. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Engineer Dielectrics and Its Application, College of Material Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, PR China |
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Abstract: | The limiting flux induces a performance limitation of ultrafiltration systems, the understanding of this phenomenon and the ability to predict the limiting flux are essential for improving the design and operation of ultrafiltration processes. A new cell design, an annular cell fitted with a tangential inlet, which induces a swirling decaying flow, is tested. Performances of this ultrafiltration unit configuration are compared with two other more classical geometries: a simple plane unit and an annular cell involving mainly axial flow. The cross-flow ultrafiltration of dilute suspensions of bentonite is studied under specific operating conditions in the three different configurations of filtration cells. The improvement of the permeation flux in the swirling cell, compared with that measured in the two other configurations, can reach 70% for a wall velocity gradient of 800 s−1. This enhancement is highly linked to the removal of particles deposited at the membrane surface owing to the three-dimensional fluid flow involved in this particular cell. The bentonite deposit is compressible and characteristics of particles accumulation at the membrane surface are investigated. |
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