Research Papers by Murielle Rabiller-Baudry

This paper investigates a methodology for the characterisation and location of a thin layer of irreversible fouling in a spiral-wound ultrafiltration membrane by using several physico-chemical techniques as SEM-EDX, SEMFEG, FTIR-ATR and AFM. Application to analysis of a spiral-wound PES membrane for

The objective of this paper is to characterise and locate the thin layer of irreversible fouling in a spiral-wound membrane of ultrafiltration of acid whey, after 8000 h of production in a French dairy. Several physico-chemical techniques as SEM-EDX, SEM-FEG, FTIR-ATR and AFM were used. Fouling was

The variations of the limiting flux during skimmed milk ultrafiltration were studied under various physicochemical environments (pH, ionic strength, chemical nature of added salts). The evolutions were explained taking into account the physicochemical characteristics (size distribution, zeta potenti

In the dairy industry non-accidental losses of milk or dairy products to sewer amount to 1–3% of the total milk processed. These significantly contribute to the 0.5–6.0 g COD/L of end-of-pipe waste-water. The major part of this polluting charge originates from starting, interrupting, and stopping da

The cleaning of an ultrafiltration polyethersulfone (PES) membrane fouled by skimmed milk was studied by ATR–FTIR showing the functional groups of fouling species and EDX coupled with SEM measuring the atomic composition. Two kinds of fouling conditions were studied: further so-called “static condit