Permeate-Flux Declination for Ultrafiltration along Membrane Tubes

摘要

The correlation equations for predicting local permeate fluxes in tubular-membrane ultrafilters were derived from mass and momentum balances by the modified resistance-in-series model with the considerations of the increment of concentration polarization and the declines of transmembrane pressure and flow rate, along the membrane tube. Ultrafiltration of dextran T500 aqueous solution in a tubular microporous ceramic module has been carried out under various feed concentrations, transmembrane pressures, and feed flow rates, and many experimental data of ten-point local permeate fluxes along the tube were obtained to confirm the correlation predictions. The increment of concentration polarization, as well as the decline of permeate flux, along the tube was also discussed.