Preparation and characterization of asymmetric ultrafiltration membrane for effective recovery of proteases from surimi wash water  

作　　者：Nora'aini ALI Fadhilati HASSAN Sofiah HAMZAH 

机构地区：[1]Department of Engineering Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

出　　处：《Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering》2012年第2期184-191,共8页化学科学与工程前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：The wash water generated from the surimi processing industry contains a large amount of proteases which are widely used in the food and biotechnology industries. Asymmetric polysulfone and polyethersulfone ultrafiltration （PSf-UF and PES-UF） membranes with three different polymer concentrations were screened for their abilities to recover proteases from surimi wash water. In- house fabricated membranes were prepared via a simple dry/wet phase inversion technique and were characterized in terms of permeability coefficient, membrane morphol- ogy and molecular weight cut-off （MWCO）. The ability of the UF membranes to remove commercial proteases was tested at various pressures （up to 10 bars）. The membrane with the best performance, 15 wt-% PSf-UF, was further tested with actual surimi wash water. The effect of the pH of the feed solution （4 to 8） in the pre-treatment stage was also evaluated to recover the highest amount of proteases. The highest retention of protease was 96% with a flux of 25.6 L/（mZ.h） which was achieved with the 15 wt-% PSf- UF membrane.The wash water generated from the surimi processing industry contains a large amount of proteases which are widely used in the food and biotechnology industries. Asymmetric polysulfone and polyethersulfone ultrafiltration （PSf-UF and PES-UF） membranes with three different polymer concentrations were screened for their abilities to recover proteases from surimi wash water. In- house fabricated membranes were prepared via a simple dry/wet phase inversion technique and were characterized in terms of permeability coefficient, membrane morphol- ogy and molecular weight cut-off （MWCO）. The ability of the UF membranes to remove commercial proteases was tested at various pressures （up to 10 bars）. The membrane with the best performance, 15 wt-% PSf-UF, was further tested with actual surimi wash water. The effect of the pH of the feed solution （4 to 8） in the pre-treatment stage was also evaluated to recover the highest amount of proteases. The highest retention of protease was 96% with a flux of 25.6 L/（mZ.h） which was achieved with the 15 wt-% PSf- UF membrane.

关 键 词：MEMBRANE ULTRAFILTRATION proteases surimi wash water 

分 类 号：TQ925.2[轻工技术与工程—发酵工程] TQ028.8