Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device
Membrane separation is widely used in food, pharmaceutical and water treatment industries but suffers a longstanding challenge of fouling. In this article, acoustically excited microstructures are demonstrated as a new mechanism to mitigate membrane fouling and remove cake layer aggregations formed...
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| author | Kieran Fung Yuekang Li Shouhong Fan Apresio Kefin Fajrial Yifu Ding Xiaoyun Ding |
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| description | Membrane separation is widely used in food, pharmaceutical and water treatment industries but suffers a longstanding challenge of fouling. In this article, acoustically excited microstructures are demonstrated as a new mechanism to mitigate membrane fouling and remove cake layer aggregations formed on a microfluidic membrane-on-chip device. With acoustic streaming induced by oscillating microstructures near the membrane surface, cake layer fouling was effectively broken up and removed on the acoustofluidic membrane separation device within 100 milliseconds. The device is simple to fabricate and offers direct observation of crossflow microfiltration across the device membrane, giving valuable insight to particle fouling events often unobtainable in traditional membrane device configurations. The device bolsters advantages like label-free and reagent-free particle separation and in situ membrane cleaning during separation, providing a new mechanism for membrane separation applications used across industry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a7615c57d5304ad594698a2fabcd202d2022-12-22T03:36:19ZengElsevierJournal of Membrane Science Letters2772-42122022-05-0121100012Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration deviceKieran Fung0Yuekang Li1Shouhong Fan2Apresio Kefin Fajrial3Yifu Ding4Xiaoyun Ding5Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USAMembrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USAMembrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USAMembrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USAMembrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USAMembrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA; Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA; Corresponding author. .Membrane separation is widely used in food, pharmaceutical and water treatment industries but suffers a longstanding challenge of fouling. In this article, acoustically excited microstructures are demonstrated as a new mechanism to mitigate membrane fouling and remove cake layer aggregations formed on a microfluidic membrane-on-chip device. With acoustic streaming induced by oscillating microstructures near the membrane surface, cake layer fouling was effectively broken up and removed on the acoustofluidic membrane separation device within 100 milliseconds. The device is simple to fabricate and offers direct observation of crossflow microfiltration across the device membrane, giving valuable insight to particle fouling events often unobtainable in traditional membrane device configurations. The device bolsters advantages like label-free and reagent-free particle separation and in situ membrane cleaning during separation, providing a new mechanism for membrane separation applications used across industry.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277242122100012XAcoustic streamingCake layerFouling mitigationMass transportMicrofiltration |
| spellingShingle | Kieran Fung Yuekang Li Shouhong Fan Apresio Kefin Fajrial Yifu Ding Xiaoyun Ding Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device Journal of Membrane Science Letters Acoustic streaming Cake layer Fouling mitigation Mass transport Microfiltration |
| title | Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| title_full | Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| title_fullStr | Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| title_short | Acoustically excited microstructure for on-demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| title_sort | acoustically excited microstructure for on demand fouling mitigation in a microfluidic membrane filtration device |
| topic | Acoustic streaming Cake layer Fouling mitigation Mass transport Microfiltration |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277242122100012X |
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