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Complete coverage fouling model for constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration and experimental validation

Cheng, Yu-Heng [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Kirschner, Alon Y. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Wu, Jun Jie [Durham University (United Kingdom); Aston University, Birmingham (United Kingdom)]·Nassr, Mostafa [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Sullivan, William A. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Paul, Donald R. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Katz, Lynn E. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)]·Field, Robert W. [University of Oxford (United Kingdom)] (ORCID:0000000303495355)·Freeman, Benny D. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)] (ORCID:0000000327797788)
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A complete coverage model is proposed to describe fouling in constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration. Constant flux crossflow fouling experiments were conducted using dilute latex bead suspensions and commercial poly(ether sulfone) flat sheet ultrafiltration membranes to investigate the influence of operating conditions on evolution of transmembrane pressure (ΔP, TMP) with time. Changes in permeate flux or crossflow rate had little influence on the normalized TMP profile at high latex bead concentration (i.e., above 25 ppm) because the membrane surface was covered with latex beads. At low concentration (i.e., below 25 ppm), increases in permeate flux or foulant concentration increased normalized ΔP. However, this increase in normalized ΔP with permeate flux or foulant concentration diminishes when the permeate flux/concentration is high enough to overwhelm particle removal due to crossflow. Furthermore, these results are in good agreement with the new complete coverage model which describes the influence of operating parameters on fouling better than the previous model.

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Cheng, Yu-Heng [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Kirschner, Alon Y. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Wu, Jun Jie [Durham University (United Kingdom); Aston University, Birmingham (United Kingdom)], Nassr, Mostafa [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Sullivan, William A. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Paul, Donald R. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Katz, Lynn E. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)], Field, Robert W. [University of Oxford (United Kingdom)] (ORCID:0000000303495355), Freeman, Benny D. [University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)] (ORCID:0000000327797788). 2025-04-27. Complete coverage fouling model for constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration and experimental validation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124132

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