Membrane Filtration Technologies
Release Date: Each May
Professional Accreditation: IEMA (as part of MSc)
Lead Organisation: College of Engineering, Swansea University
Reduce “waste” and recover water by refining your by-products
Adding value to liquid ‘waste’ - get up to speed with using low cost membrane technologies to manage and add value to liquid ‘waste’ from agriculture, and the food and drink industries. This module will be of value to any business with a product or waste product needing decontamination or constituent separation. This could be anything from separating clean water from farm slurry through to removing pulp from fruit juice or fractionating milk. This module will be of interest to food processors, land managers and farm advisers.
This module is delivered by Swansea University's College of Engineering and does involve the use of maths, however, one-to-one maths help sessions are available if needed.
The course will consist of a series of lectures and guided learning focused on:
List of Units
| An Introduction to membrane technology | An overview of membrane technology and a look at the basic concepts and applications |
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| Membrane morphology and fabrication | How membranes are made and how they work |
| Fouling and cake filtration | what happens when a membrane becomes clogged |
| Microfiltration | Introduction and overview of microfiltration and its applications e.g for separating high-quality whey protein in milk products; or microbial removal. |
| Ultrafiltration | Introduction and overview of ultrafiltration and a look at charge effects e.g. for reduction of contaminant loads in waste water |
| Nanofiltration | Introduction to nanofiltration; the characteristics of a nanofiltration membrane and applications e.g. demineralization in dairy processing |
| WORKSHOP | Use pilot scale equipment to characterise a liquid of your choice and build a membrane filtration system to separate constituent parts. Participants will:
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| Reverse osmosis | Introduction to reverse osmosis and its applications e.g. to produce drinking water from contaminated water |
| Reverse osmosis; energy recovery and fouling | optimising membrane efficiency |
Tutors
| Tutors Name |
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| Dr Darren Oatley Radcliffe |
| Dr Micael Andrade |
Contributing Researchers
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Testimonials
[I enjoyed] The practical application of filtration through the videos. Lots of good information provided. I will be applying it in my job which involves membrane filtration at a pilot level through all varieties