@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1412,
	  title     = {Performance Enhancement of Membrane Distillation Process in Fruit Juice Concentration by Membrane Surface Modification},
	  author    = {Samir K. Deshmukh and  Mayur M. Tajane},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {In this work Membrane Distillation is applied to
concentrate orange Juice. Clarified orange juice (11o Brix) obtained
from fresh fruits and a sugar solution was subjected to membrane
distillation. The experiments were performed on a flat sheet module
using orange juice and sucrose solution as feeds. The concentration
of a sucrose solution, used as a model fruit juice and also orange
juice, was carried out in a direct contact membrane distillation using
hydrophobic PTFE membrane of pore size 0.2 μm and porosity 70%.
Surface modification of PTFE membrane has been carried out by
treating membrane with alcohol and water solution to make it
hydrophilic and then hydrophobicity was regained by drying. The
influences of the feed temperature, feed concentration, flow rate,
operating time on the permeate flux were studied for treated and non
treated membrane. In this work treated and non treated membrane
were compared in terms of water flux, Within the tested range, MD
with surface modified membrane the water flux has been
significantly improved by treating the membrane surface.},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Nutrition and Food Engineering},
	  volume    = {4},
	  number    = {12},
	  year      = {2010},
	  pages     = {881 - 886},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1412},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/48},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 48, 2010},
	}