microfiltration
Sign in to saveMicrofiltration 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.
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- General principles
- Range of applications
- Water treatment
- Sterilization
- Petroleum refining
- Dairy processing
- Other applications
- Characteristics of main process
- Membrane configurations
- Process and equipment design
- Site-specific issues
- Membrane specific issues
- Process design variables
- Fundamental design heuristics
- Design economics
- Process equipment
- Membrane materials
- Membrane structures
- Membrane modules
- Fundamental design equations
- Environmental issues, safety and regulation
- Comparison with similar processes
- Ultrafiltration
- Nanofiltration
- Reverse osmosis
- Recent developments
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
==General principles==