Membrane and Water Treatment

Volume 1, Number 2, 2010, pages 121-137

DOI: 10.12989/mwt.2010.1.2.121

Preparation and characterization of inexpensive submicron range inorganic microfiltration membranes

B.K. Nandi, B. Das, R. Uppaluri and M.K. Purkait

Abstract

This work presents inexpensive inorganic precursor formulations to yield submicron range symmetric ceramic microfiltration (MF) membranes whose average pore sizes were between 0.1 and 0.4

Key Words

ceramic membrane; submicron; kaolin; oil-in-water; sintering.

Address

B.K. Nandi, B. Das, R. Uppaluri and M.K. Purkait; Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781039, Assam, India