Nano- and micro-engineered membranes: principles and applications in the food and beverage industries
Cees J.M. van Rijn, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Nano-engineered membranes are a novel tool for filtration, emulsification and structuring of food, beverage and pharmaceutical compounds. This chapter describes membrane technology in general and then presents some manufacturing challenges of nano-engineered membranes; a number of beverage applications are described in detail.
Key words
nano-engineered membranes
nanofiltration
emulsification
15.1 Membrane filtration technology
15.1.1 Introduction
The first membrane experiments were carried out in the eighteenth century, using ‘membranes’ (from the Latin ...
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