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Influence of buoyant media on particle layer dynamics in microfiltration membranes
R K Aryal1, S Vigneswaran, Jaya Kandasamy
1Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology, Broadway, Sydney NSW 2007, Australia. Rupak.Aryal@eng.uts.edu.au
Abstract:
This study forms a part of the physical study of the membrane bioreactor in presence of buoyancy media. Kaolin clay suspension with buoyancy media (anthracite) was used as a suspension and the particle layer development on membrane surface with evolution of time was studied. Presence of buoyancy media reduced the pressure development by almost two folds compared to in absence of the media. The particles deposition on membrane surface was size selective. The mean particle diameter (0.45 mum) deposited on the membrane surface remained almost similar in presence of the media after 7 hrs run where as in its absence the mean diameter finer particles deposition occurred at the beginning followed by coarser particles.
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