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Clarification and concentration of sugar cane juice through ultra, nano and reverse osmosis membranes

Jegatheesan, Veeriah, Shu, Li, Phong, Diep Dinh, Navaratna, Dimuth and Neilly, Adam 2012, Clarification and concentration of sugar cane juice through ultra, nano and reverse osmosis membranes, Membrane water treatment, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 99-111.

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Title Clarification and concentration of sugar cane juice through ultra, nano and reverse osmosis membranes
Author(s) Jegatheesan, Veeriah
Shu, Li
Phong, Diep Dinh
Navaratna, Dimuth
Neilly, Adam
Journal name Membrane water treatment
Volume number 3
Issue number 2
Start page 99
End page 111
Total pages 13
Publisher Techno Press
Place of publication Daejeon, Korea
Publication date 2012-05
ISSN 2005-8624
2092-7037
Keyword(s) concentration
clarification
sugar cane juice
ultrafiltration
nanofiltration
reverse osmosis
Summary The performance of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with molecular weight cut off (MWCO) of 1000 and 3500 Da in clarifying sugar cane juice was investigated, as well as the performance of a nanofiltration (NF) membrane with MWCO of 200 Da and a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane in concentrating sugar cane juice. For both cases the sugar cane juice had been limed and partially clarified. The UF membranes were found to be effective at clarifying the sugar cane juice in terms of purity rise and reduction in turbidity, colour, starch and protein. A purity rise of approximately 6 was achieved by both UF membranes at trans-membrane pressures (TMP) from 15 to 25 bar. However, Brix reduction in the permeate was between 14.5 and 41.85% and 12.11 and 26.52% for 1000 Da and 3500 Da membranes respectively. For the 200 Da and RO membranes the Brix in the concentrate was increased from 7.65 to 12.3 after 3 hours of operation for the 200 Da membrane at a TMP of 10 bar, whilst the Brix in the concentrate was increased from 15.65 to 27.6 after 3 hours of operation for the RO membrane at a TMP of 35 bar. Overall, UF membranes were found to be unsuitable for clarification of sugar cane juice since significant amount of Brix is reduced in the permeate, whilst RO membranes were found to be effective for concentration of sugar cane juice.
Language eng
Field of Research 090404 Membrane and Separation Technologies
Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
HERDC collection year 2012
Copyright notice ©2012, Techno Press
Free to Read? Yes
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048129

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