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Ultrafiltration of Fucus vesiculosus Extracts Under Different Operating Conditions

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The interest in separating and concentrating bioactives and minerals from seaweeds extracts is growing due to large health benefits of these substances. The aim of this study was to investigate the separation of components of Fucus vesiculosus seaweed extracts by tangential ultrafiltration and apply Hermia’s models adapted to crossflow ultrafiltration to understand the fouling mechanism. The influence of membrane cut-off varying from 5 to 150 kDa, crossflow velocity from 0.081 to 0.095 m/s and transmembrane pressure between 2 and 8 bar was studied. The present study revealed that the ultrafiltration membranes process was successful in clarifying and still delivering permeates with a high content in iodine. Clarification was almost completely achieved with 5 kDa polyethersulfone membrane, while the hydrophilic polyethersulfone membrane was not adequate to due to the high retention in iodine. Cake layer formation mathematical model was successfully used to predict the permeate flux over time. There was evidence that cake layer is the fouling mechanism in the filtration of Fucus vesiculosus extracts, whatever the membrane crossflow velocity or transmembrane pressure, probably due to the high content of these extracts in alginates.

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The authors wish to thank ALGAplus Lda for supplying the seaweed flour.

Funding

Project CENTRO-01–0145-FEDER-023780 HEPA: Healthier eating of pasta with algae co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the partnership agreement Portugal2020—Regional Operation Program CENTRO2020.

Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the European Union, the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN), the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), and Operational Programme Competitiveness Factors (COMPETE), the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry (LAQV) of the Network of Chemistry and Technology (REQUIMTE) (UIDB/50006/2020). Project PTDC/BAA-AGR/31015/2017 (Algaphlor), financed the research contract of Susana M. Cardoso.

Foundation for Science and Technology financial support to Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society—CERNAS (UID/AMB/00681/2013, UIDB/00681/2020) and Strategic Project of CIEPQPF (UIDB/00102/2020).

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  1. Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra Agriculture School, Bencanta, 3045-601, Coimbra, Portugal

    Tiago Madeira & Rui Costa

  2. LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Catarina Marçal & Susana M. Cardoso

  3. CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Rua Silvio Lima - Pólo II, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal

    Licínio M. Gando-Ferreira

  4. Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment and Society (CERNAS), Coimbra Agriculture School, Bencanta, 3045-601, Coimbra, Portugal

    Rui Costa

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Madeira, T., Marçal, C., Cardoso, S.M. et al. Ultrafiltration of Fucus vesiculosus Extracts Under Different Operating Conditions. Waste Biomass Valor 13, 4447–4458 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-022-01807-9

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