TY  - JOUR
AV  - none
KW  - Membrane fouling; Membranes; Shims
KW  -  Aeration rate; Chlorella vulgaris; Fouling control; Membrane filtrations; Membrane surface; Packing density; Switching modes; Switching period
KW  -  Microfiltration
KW  -  biofuel
KW  -  aeration; air bubble; Article; biomass; Chlorella vulgaris; comparative study; fouling control; material state; microalga; nonhuman; priority journal; surface property
ID  - scholars12806
TI  - Finned spacer for enhancing the impact of air bubbles for membrane fouling control in Chlorella vulgaris filtration
N1  - cited By 22
N2  - Membrane filtration offers appreciable promise as an effective process to harvest microalgae biomass but largely limited by membrane fouling. This study proposed a new spacer system for fouling control in Chlorella vulgaris filtration. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of finned spacer in directing the air bubbles toward the membrane surface thus improve their contacts and their foulant removal impacts. The projection of air bubbles is more effective at narrow fins gaps. The increasing aeration rate proportionally increases permeance until reaching a plateau value of 870 ± 11 L·mâ??2·hâ??1·bar at 1.5 L·minâ??1 aeration, the highest reported value so far. Switching mode can be applied to increase module packing density without compromising performance and is effective at switching periods of <5 min. Overall results are very encouraging and promising to obtain significant improvement in membrane fouling control. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
SN  - 2589014X
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
Y1  - 2020///
VL  - 11
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083432516&doi=10.1016%2fj.biteb.2020.100429&partnerID=40&md5=2436274bedc6a19b24e3159d6f841bf8
A1  - Razak, N.N.A.N.
A1  - Rahmawati, R.
A1  - Bilad, M.R.
A1  - Pratiwi, A.E.
A1  - Elma, M.
A1  - Nawi, N.I.M.
A1  - Jaafar, J.
A1  - Lam, M.K.
JF  - Bioresource Technology Reports
ER  -