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Simultaneous clarification and dehydration of crude palm oil using superhydrophobic polypropylene membrane
Wenten I.G.a, Victoria A.V.a, Tanukusuma G.a, Khoiruddin K.a, Zunita M.a
a Chemical Engineering Department, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2018 Elsevier LtdClarification and dehydration processes are generally employed to produce high-quality crude palm oil (CPO). In this work, superhydrophobic hollow fiber polypropylene (PP) membrane is used to perform a simultaneous clarification and dehydration. The effect of transmembrane pressure (TMP), temperature, and water content on the membrane performance are investigated. Results indicate that the permeate flux was increased with the increase of TMP and temperature. However, the permeate flux was decreased with the increase of water content. Meanwhile, the water removal was slightly affected by those parameters. The superhydrophobic PP membrane can produce CPO with 59% non-dissolved solid removal, >99% water removal, and 47% clarity improvement (at 40 °C and 2 bar TMP). In addition, it was found that the fouling mechanism was dominated by cake filtration. Air scouring could be effectively used to recover the membrane flux with a flux recovery ratio of 90% (backflush duration = 5 min, filtration cycle = 2).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Dehydration process,Dissolved solids,Filtration cycles,Fouling mechanisms,Membrane performance,Polypropylene membrane,Superhydrophobic,Transmembrane pressures[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Clarification,Filtration,Non-dissolved solids,Vegetable oil[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Financial assistance for this work was provided by “Program Penelitian, Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, dan Inovasi (P3MI)”, Institut Teknologi Bandung .[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2018.12.010[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]