Author： Sim L. Shu L. Jegatheesan V. Phong D. D.
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 0149-6395
Source： Separation Science and Technology, Vol.44, Iss.15, 2009-11, pp. : 3506-3537
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Abstract
The performance of ceramic membranes with pore sizes of 0.05 and 0.10 µm in purifying limed and partially clarified sugar cane juice was investigated under different operating conditions. From various operating conditions and strategies, switching off the permeate for 5 seconds for every 5 minutes (S5sT5 m) by an automated control valve provided higher flux. From the three pH experiments conducted on the 0.05 µm membrane, the best performance was observed at a pH of 7.5. Amongst the four fouling models tested, the cake filtration model fitted the performance of both membranes with higher accuracy at a transmembrane pressure of 0.5 bar. Filtering the cane juice through the membrane reduced the turbidity by 99.7%, color by 15%, and the starch concentration by 80% as well as increased the purity by 1.4%. The effective cleaning chemical composition from experimental results showed that 1% NaOH and 3000 ppm NaOCl solution performed the best but only for the experiments that were treating limed and partially clarified juice at pH 7.5.
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