CLEANING METHOD FOR MEMBRANES

Oils, extracted from vegetables and animal tissues contain impurities such as waxes that can be removed in a refining process, including dewaxing of the oils that include removal of oils by filtration through membranes. During filtration, the impurities stick to the membranes, which causes a reducti...

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Hauptverfasser:	SEGERS, JACOBUS C, STAVRIDIS, VANGELIS, DEN BIEMAN, H.A.C.I
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES CANDLES CHEMISTRY DETERGENTS ESSENTIAL OILS FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PERFUMES PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PRODUCING (PRESSING, EXTRACTION), REFINING AND PRESERVINGFATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES (e.g. LANOLIN), FATTY OILS AND WAXES,INCLUDING EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS SEPARATION TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Oils, extracted from vegetables and animal tissues contain impurities such as waxes that can be removed in a refining process, including dewaxing of the oils that include removal of oils by filtration through membranes. During filtration, the impurities stick to the membranes, which causes a reduction in flux through the membranes. The initial top flux can be approached again by regularly cleaning the membranes including steps of: backblowing with gas, backflushing with edible oil, and treating the membranes with alkaline material. The cleaning method is particularly suitable for cleaning membranes in the form of microfilters having an average pore diameter of 0.5-5 mum, which are used in the refining process.