Research Papers by E. Soriano-Costa

Whey is the main by-product obtained from cheese production. It contains a high concentration of organic matter, mainly proteins and lactose, and mineral salts. Usually, pre-treated whey was discharged into sewer together with the other liquid effluents from the dairy industry. However, the increasi

Water scarcity is becoming a serious problem in the Mediterranean countries. To minimize negative effects, wastewater reclamation can be one of the possible solutions. Reverse osmosis (RO) is the process that ensures the highest water quality. Thus, the required quality goal can be reached adjusting

Although both models were observed to be able to predict solute rejection, the DSPM makes better predictions. This result can be explained as

The results obtained showed that the nanofiltration process did not demineralize completely the whey. However, the best results were obtained with the Ds-5 DL membrane. In this case, the monovalent ions rejection, except from chloride ions, was between 20 and 30%. For chlorides ions, the rejections