Research Papers by Vicki Chen

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of operating modes, membrane materials and pore size on natural organic matter (NOM) fouling. A range of flat sheet microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes were tested under conditions of various constant pressure and constant f

The anion exchange membranes had high rejection of the gold sols with flux three times greater than those of GVWP, whereas the cation exchange membranes and GVWP showed little capture as expected. The increase in pressure decreased the rejection rate of the gold sols indicating that residence time a

Crossflow ultrafiltration of binary protein solutions was carried out using flux-stepping and constant flux experiments to identify the apparent critical flux where fouling is rapid. The contributions of individual protein species to the apparent critical flux were evaluated as well as the separatio