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ULTRA-FILTRATION [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
  • Food Industries
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

A pressure driven membrane operation in which the membrane fractionates components of a liquid predominantly according to their size or shape. It is used for the separation of particles with a molecular weight higher than 500 Daltons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques industrielles
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Opération de séparation par membrane, mise en œuvre à basse pression, consistant à faire circuler un liquide tangentiellement à une membrane retenant des molécules de masse moléculaire supérieure à 500 daltons.

CONT

L'ultrafiltration du lait conduit à la séparation d'un sérum (ultrafiltrat) exempt de matières azotées protéiques (rétentat).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Ingenieria química
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Record 2 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Dust Removal
DEF

The use of microporous membranes for the separation of large molecules or very finely divided suspended matter from water by filtration, often by means of applied differential pressure.

OBS

ultra-filtration: term and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • ultrafiltration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Dépoussiérage
DEF

Utilisation de membranes microporeuses pour la séparation de grosses molécules ou de matières en suspension très finement divisées dans l'eau par filtration, souvent par l'application d'une différence de pression.

OBS

ultrafiltration : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

hyperfiltration : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento del agua
  • Eliminación del polvo
DEF

Uso de membranas microporosas para separar del agua, por filtración, moléculas grandes o materiales en suspensión divididos muy finamente, a menudo mediante la aplicación de una diferencia de presión.

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