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Everything about Microfiltration
Physical process where a fluid is passed through a special pore-sized membrane
Microfiltration is a type of physical filtration process where a contaminated fluid is passed through a special pore-sized membrane filter to separate microorganisms and suspended particles from process liquid. It is commonly used in conjunction with various other separation processes such as ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis to provide a product stream which is free of undesired contaminants. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MicrofiltrationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Membrane fouling and cleaning strategies in microfiltration/ultrafiltration and dynamic membraneInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: MicrofiltrationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Critical flux concept for microfiltration foulingCited 1,194 times
- Go sideways: Cross-flow filtrationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MembraneA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun filtration through a microporous membrane
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Critical flux concept for microfiltration fouling
The behavior of suspensions and macromolecular solutions in crossflow microfiltration
A Combined Pore Blockage and Cake Filtration Model for Protein Fouling during Microfiltration
Sludge characteristics and their contribution to microfiltration in submerged membrane bioreactors
Fouling of Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes by Natural Waters
Combined models of membrane fouling: Development and application to microfiltration and ultrafiltration of biological fluids
Membrane fouling and cleaning in microfiltration of activated sludge wastewater
The effect of protein fouling in microfiltration and ultrafiltration on permeate flux, protein retention and selectivity: A literature review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Membrane fouling and cleaning strategies in microfiltration/ultrafiltration and dynamic membrane
A review of membrane fouling by proteins in ultrafiltration and microfiltration
Silicon carbide microfiltration membranes for oil-water separation: Pore structure-dependent wettability matters
Polyphenol modified natural collagen fibrous network towards sustainable and antibacterial microfiltration membrane for efficient water disinfection
Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters and Other Aqueous Streams by Pressure-Driven Membrane Technologies: An Outlook on Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration and Microfiltration Potential from a Bibliometric Analysis
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕MicrofiltrationHendrik Dirk Willem Roesnik · 1989
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🔗 Related topics
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- Ultrafiltration Ultrafiltration (UF) is a variety of membrane filtration in which forces such as pressure or concentration gradients lead to a separation through a semipermeabl…
- Membrane technology Membrane technology encompasses the scientific processes used in the construction and application of membranes. Membranes are used to facilitate the transport…
- Nanofiltration Nanofiltration is a membrane filtration process that uses nanometer sized pores through which particles smaller than about 1–10 nanometers pass through…
- Membrane fouling Membrane fouling is a process whereby a solution or a particle is deposited on a membrane surface or in membrane pores in a processes such as in a membrane…
- Membrane bioreactor Membrane bioreactors (MBR) are combinations of membrane processes like microfiltration or ultrafiltration with a biological wastewater treatment process…
- Synthetic membrane An artificial membrane, or synthetic membrane, is a synthetically created membrane which is usually intended for separation purposes in laboratory or in…