Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3165
Title: Ultrafiltration optimization for the recovery of β-glucan from oat mill waste
Authors: Galanakis, Charis M. 
Patsioura, Anna 
Gekas, Vassilis 
Major Field of Science: Natural Sciences
Field Category: Chemical Sciences
Keywords: Ultrafiltration;Beta glucan;Macromolecules;Dietary fiber;Polysaccharides;Operational features
Issue Date: 1-May-2011
Source: Journal of Membrane Science, 2011, vol. 373, no. 1-2, pp. 53-63
Volume: 373
Issue: 1-2
Start page: 53
End page: 63
Journal: Journal of Membrane Science 
Abstract: The scope of the current study is to investigate the ultrafiltration process of high molecular weight β-glucan molecules with a final purpose to optimize their recovery from oat mill waste. Therefore, standard β-glucan solutions were processed in a dead-end cell using three types of membranes (regenerated cellulose, polyethersulfone and polysulfone) under several transmembrane pressures. Optimization was conducted by monitoring performance parameters and retention coefficients for each experimental combination. In terms of membrane type, polysulfone was selected as the most appropriate membrane material since it obtained satisfactory retention coefficient and performance parameter values when the β-glucan concentration was less than 600. mg/L. Thereafter, the polysulfone membrane was applied in a pilot cross-flow module instead of a dead-end cell. The retention of β-glucan as well as the flux recovery was markedly improved with no important reduction of the permeate flux. Finally, polysulfone membrane was applied in the pilot cross-flow module for the ultrafiltration of β-glucan containing feeds (<600. mg/L) recovered from the industrial oat mill waste. Results indicated that the optimized ultrafiltration process (polysulfone in cross-flow module, with transmembrane pressure ≤2. bar and β-glucan concentrations < 600. mg/L) could be utilized in order to recover β-glucan from the oat mill waste feeds and clarify them from smaller organic and inorganic compounds. A disadvantage of the latter application was the small degree of separation between β-glucan and proteins
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/3165
ISSN: 03767388
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.02.032
Rights: © Elsevier
Type: Article
Affiliation : Technical University of Crete 
Chemical Analytical Laboratories “Galanakis” 
Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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