Research Papers by M.I. Alcaina-Miranda

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

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

Water scarcity in Mediterranean areas such as Comunidad Valenciana (Spain) makes water reuse necessary in high water-consuming industries. Previous studies by our research group showed that nanofiltration (NF) membrane permeates could be reused in some processes of finishing, dyeing and printing in

This work is focused on the treatment of a textile plant wastewater. The industry mainly manufactures socks, stockings and panties, and the water is treated in order to be reused. The wastewater was characterized and jartests experiments were carried out with different coagulants and flocculants, at