A comparison between ceramic and polymeric membrane systems for casein concentrate manufacture

Kensuke Karasu, Nicole Glennon, Nicole Lawrence, Geoff Stevens, Andrea O'Connor, Andrew Barber, Shiro Yoshikawa, Sandra Kentish

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    Abstract

    Skim milk microfiltration (MF) is a well established dairy processing operation to remove whey proteins. This is classically completed using ceramic membranes under the uniform transmembrane pressure (UTMP) concept. However, there is a growing interest in the use of spiral wound polymeric membranes for this purpose due to their lower capital cost. In this work we show that polymeric and ceramic membranes provide comparable performance during skim milk MF when operated at comparable levels of transmembrane pressure (TMP), shear stress and temperature. Operation is strongly affected by both TMP and temperature but is less affected by crossflow velocity under the conditions utilised here. However, while polymeric membranes offer similar performance, it will be operationally difficult to retain the necessarily low TMP at the industrial scale, due to the lack of a comparable UTMP configuration.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)284-289
    Number of pages6
    JournalInternational Journal of Dairy Technology
    Volume63
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2010

    Keywords

    • Casein
    • Ceramic membranes and membrane separation processes
    • Polymeric membranes
    • Skim milk microfiltration

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