Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 www.elsevier.com/locate/jfoodeng Effect of pretreatment with gelatin and bentonite on permeate flux and fouling layer resistance during apple juice ultrafiltration ¨ zge C Vural Go¨kmen *, O ¸ etinkaya Food Engineering Department, Hacettepe University, 06532 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey Received 21 March 2005; received in revised form 10 April 2006; accepted 18 April 2006 Available online 3 July 2006 Abstract The effects of pretreatment with gelatin and bentonite, pressure (DP) and molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) on flux performance of apple juice during ultrafiltration were studied. Filtration data (volume versus time) were satisfactorily fitted to De La Garza and Boulton’s exponential model to find the exponential fouling coefficient (k) and the membrane resistance (Rm). Increasing the amounts of gelatin and bentonite used for pretreatment of apple juice decreased k values during ultrafiltration which was a clear evidence of flux improvement by means of delaying the membrane fouling. The molecules in apple juice which are responsible for membrane fouling could be successfully retained by the aggregate formed by gelatin and bentonite. Both k and Rm values increased as DP increased during ultrafiltration of apple juice. A decrease in Rm was observed as MWCO of membrane increased. However, the membrane having MWCO of 100 kDa had the highest k value which indicated the increased tendency of this membrane to foul. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Ultrafiltration; Exponential model; Apple juice; Pretreatment; Gelatin; Bentonite 1. Introduction Ultrafiltration as a clarification process in fruit juice processing is of interest to the food industry for over 20 years (Alvarez, Andres, Riera, & Alvarez, 1996; Girard & Fukumoto, 1999; Mondor, Girard, & Moresoli, 2000; Padilla & McLellan, 1989; Riedl, Girard, & Lencki, 1998; Sheu, Wiley, & Schlimme, 1987; Wu, Zall, & Tzeng, 1990). The advantages of ultrafiltration for clarification of apple juice are based on avoidance of filtering aids which are costly and give disposal problems, and shorter process time than traditional filtration processes (Ben Amar, Gupta, & Jaffrin, 1990; Rao, Acree, Cooley, & Enis, 1987; Schneider & Czech, 1994). Successful development of membranes with increased service life, separation capacity and chemical resistance has been a reason for increasing use of membrane separation processes (Tzeng & Zall, 1990). A common phenomenon * Corresponding author. Fax: +90 312 2992 123. E-mail address: [email protected] (V. Go¨kmen). 0260-8774/$ - see front matter 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.04.060 in membrane processes is the declining permeate flux with time. This decrease is caused by the accumulation of feed components in the membrane pores as well as on the membrane surface. In some instances, flux decline may be so important as to make membrane processes unattractive for clarification of apple juice. Because of the highly heterogeneous nature of apple juice colloidal material, a wide variety of interactions should be responsible for fouling layer formation. Pectic substances, phenolic compounds, proteins and fibers which are present in both soluble and suspended solid fractions, can contribute to fouling layer resistance during the membrane process (Mondor et al., 2000; Riedl et al., 1998). Among all the compounds in apple juice, pectic substances are most often identified as the major hindrance to filtration performance (Wucherpfennig, Dietrich, Kanzler, & Will, 1987). Therefore, an enzymatic treatment of the raw juice before ultrafiltration is usually carried out in order to degrade pectic substances and other polysaccharides, with enzymes such as pectinases and amylases. Pectinases hydrolyze pectin and cause pectin–protein complexes to ¨ . C¸etinkaya / Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 V. Go¨kmen, O flocculate, thus improve the flux behavior (Alvarez, Alvarez, Riera, & Coca, 1998; Padila-Zakour & McLellan, 1993). Alternatively, mechanical methods, such as backwashing and pulsating inlet flow techniques have also been reported to improve flux behavior (Ben Amar et al., 1990; Su, Liu, & Wiley, 1993). Model studies on filtration in food industry are extremely limited. The Sperry model has formed the basis of the filtration theory and found useful for filtrations in which the solids being removed are rigid, or, when the cake being formed with a filter aid is rigid (De La Garza & Boulton, 1984; Orr, 1977; Sahin & Bayindirli, 1991a). The Sperry model assumes constant specific cake resistance and usually provides a good fit to experimental filtration data for short filtration times. However, filter cake undergoes compaction, or solid particles migrate within the pores, blocking flow and increasing the resistance as filtration proceeds and the model overestimates the filtrate flow (Toledo, 1991). Some researchers attempted to use the Sperry model to estimate the fouling layer resistance during apple juice microfiltration (Lencki & Riedl, 1999; Riedl et al., 1998). The linear regression of a time/volume versus volume plot was used to determine the fouling layer specific resistance. However, a negative value for the y-intercept involving the medium resistance term, Rm, is apparent in the analysis of these data, lacking the applicability of the Sperry model. A number of semiempirical and empirical models were proposed to present flux behavior during membrane filtration process. These models are able to represent flux as a function of either time or volume concentration ratio. According to these models, change of flux as a function of volume concentration ratio or time is examined in two or three periods characterized by an initial rapid flux decline followed by a less severe decrease of flux until a steady-state is reached. However, the boundaries in each period are arbitrarily selected and are specific to the system under investigation (Constenla & Lozano, 1997; Lahoussine-Turcaud, Wiesner, & Bottero, 1990). Gelatin and bentonite are the most preferred filtering aids which are used during traditional filtration and clarification of apple juice. The effects of gelatin and bentonite are towards the adsorption of phenolic compounds and proteins, respectively. There is no need to use these filtering aids during clarification of apple juice by ultrafiltration, that the main reason why ultrafiltration process is preferred (Go¨kmen, Borneman, & Nijhuis, 1998). But on the other hand, the membrane fouling that causes decline in permeate flux with time lacks the system performance and this limits the usage of ultrafiltration process. It is informed that, in practical applications, the fouling of the membrane can be delayed and the performance of ultrafiltration system can be improved by the pretreatment of apple juice with gelatin and bentonite of lesser amounts prior to ultrafiltration, by forming large aggregates that retain the foulants (i.e. phenolic compounds) in feed. In this study, the effects of pretreatment with gelatin and bentonite, DP and MWCO of membranes on flux perfor- 301 mance of apple juice were investigated during ultrafiltration. Filtration data was analyzed using De La Garza & Boulton’s exponential model to find the model parameters Rm and k from the plot of volume versus time using nonlinear regression analysis. 2. Materials and methods 2.1. Preparation of apple juice for ultrafiltration The apples (Golden Delicious) used in this study to produce apple juice, gelatin (Type-A) and bentonite (Na-bentonite) were kindly supplied by a local large-scale apple juice processor. Apples were mashed in a Waring blender and manually pressed using double layer cheesecloth to obtain raw apple juice. Raw juice was treated with 1 ml/l pectolytic enzyme preparation (Pectinol, Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, USA) and 0.2 ml/l amylase (Amylase, Gist-Brocades Food Ingredients Inc., Pennsylvania, USA) at 50 C for 2 h to degrade pectin and starch. The complete degradations of pectin and starch were confirmed by alcohol and iodine tests, respectively (Acar, Go¨kmen, & Alper, 1999). After the separation of sedimented coarse particles, juice was divided into lots of 200 ml and stored at 18 C prior to ultrafiltration experiments. 2.2. Pretreatment of apple juice with gelatin and bentonite In order to determine the effect of pretreatment on the permeate flux performance, gelatin and bentonite were added to depectinized apple juice in varying amounts. Their dosages required for conventional clarification of apple juice were 300 mg/l and 1500 mg/l, respectively, as reported by us elsewhere (Go¨kmen, Artık, Acar, Kahraman, & Poyrazog˘lu, 2001). In this study, the ratio of gelatin and bentonite was kept constant (1:5) to maintain an optimum aggregation, and so, to increase adsorption of foulants. The amounts of gelatin and bentonite added to depectinized apple juice prior to ultrafiltration were; 300 mg/l gelatin– 1500 mg/l bentonite (1:1 G–B), 150 mg/l gelatin–750 mg/l bentonite (1:2 G–B), 60 mg/l gelatin–300 mg/l bentonite (1:5 G–B), 30 mg/l gelatin–150 mg/l bentonite (1:10 G–B) and no gelatin–bentonite (0 G–B). Aqueous suspensions of 1% gelatin and 5% bentonite were used for pretreatment of apple juice. Apple juice was kept at 50 C for 30 min for flocculation following the addition of gelatin and bentonite prior to ultrafiltration. 2.3. Ultrafiltration system Experiment setup consisted of three major components: a pressure supply of compressed nitrogen gas, an ultrafiltration unit and a reservoir in which permeate was collected. Amicon 8200 Model ultrafiltration cell (diameter 64 mm, volume 180 ml) operating in dead-end mode with stirring was used. Flux experiments were performed using membranes having MWCO of 10, 30, 50 and 100 kDa. The ¨ . C¸etinkaya / Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 V. Go¨kmen, O 302 membranes having 30, 50 and 100 kDa MWCO (Millipore Corp, Bedford, USA) were made of polyethersulfone (PES) while the one having 10 kDa MWCO (Millipore Corp, Bedford, USA) was made of cellulose acetate (CA). New membrane was used for each set of experiments. Ultrafiltration experiments were performed at room temperature applying DP of 1 · 105, 2 · 105, 3 · 105 and 4 · 105 Pa. Permeate stream was collected in a graduated cylinder. The time required to collect each 10 ml portion of permeate was recorded up to a total volume of 130 ml for an initial feed volume of 170 ml. Ultrafiltration trials were replicated twice. Relative viscosity of apple juice (12 Brix) was measured using capillary tube viscometer at room temperature. Since times required to pass 100 ml of water and apple juice were found to be same, the viscosity of apple juice was assumed to be equal to that of water at 25 C (0.001 Pa s). 2.4. Analysis of V versus t data According to De La Garza & Boulton’s exponential model, the total resistance to filtrate flow is empirically related to the filtrate volume as follows: Rtot ¼ Rm expðkV =AÞ ð1Þ where; Rtot is the total resistance (m1), Rm is the membrane resistance (m1), k is exponential fouling coefficient (m1), V is the filtrate volume (m3) and A is the filtration area (m2). The general filtration equation is; J¼ 1 dV DP ¼ A dt l Rtot 3 ð2Þ 3. Results and discussion 3.1. Water flux Fig. 1 shows the water fluxes of UF membranes used in this study at different DP. The water flux generally represents the highest flux that can be obtained with the membrane. Water flux is also used as an indicator of cleaning efficiency. If the cleaning process has been effective and foulants have been removed from the membrane, the membrane system will provide the same performance again in the next process cycle (Cheryan, 1998). In our study, a new membrane was used for each set of experiments. It is clearly seen from Fig. 1 that increasing both the MWCO and DP also increased the water fluxes for the membranes made of PES. The membrane made of CA having 10 kDa MWCO had slightly higher water fluxes at all DP than the membrane made of PES having 30 kDa MWCO. The effect of DP was more significant for the membranes having MWCO of 50 and 100 kDa in which the changes of water fluxes were not linear. The non-linearity of the water flux versus pressure data suggests that the membrane material compaction occurs at high pressures for these membranes. Therefore, Rm for synthetic ultrafiltration membranes should be considered as a function of pressure, not constant. Although the idealized water flux versus pressure curve shows a linear change for a membrane possessing a uniform pore size, synthetic microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes do not generally possess a uniform pore size hence idealized curve will not be observed (Mulder, 1991). 3.2. Effect of pretreatment on ultrafiltration performance 2 where, J is flux (m /m s), DP is the pressure (Pa) and l is the viscosity (Pa s). Substituting Eq. (1) into Eq. (2) yields, 1 dV DP ¼ A dt lRm expðkV =AÞ Fig. 2 shows the plot of V versus t as affected by pretreatment gelatin and bentonite (G–B). Increasing the amount of G–B improved the flux performance by delaying the ð3Þ Rearranging and integrating Eq. (3) for the boundary conditions of V = 0 at t = 0, and V = V at t = t Z t Z lRm V dt ¼ expðkV =AÞdV ð4Þ DPA 0 0 2 40 lRm ð6Þ DPk k ð7Þ b¼ A The filtration parameters k and Rm values were then calculated from the model parameters a and b. 30 5 ð5Þ Raw data (V versus t) was fitted to Eq. (5) using Curve Expert version 1.3 to find a (s) and b (m3), where, a¼ 30 kDa 50 kDa J(x10 )(m3/m .s) lRm ½expðkV =AÞ 1 DPk 10 kDa 50 100 kDa yields Eq. (5) that can be used to determine k and Rm. t¼ 60 20 10 0 0 1 2 P(x10-5) (Pa) 3 4 Fig. 1. Water fluxes of UF membranes at different DP’s. ¨ . C¸etinkaya / Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 V. Go¨kmen, O 4500 4000 01:01 3500 01:02 01:05 3000 t (s) 01:10 2500 00:00 2000 1500 1000 500 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 V (x10 5 ) (m3) Fig. 2. V versus t plots for ultrafiltration of apple juice pretreated with different G–B. Operation conditions: DP 2 · 105 Pa, membrane 10 kDa MWCO. membrane fouling during ultrafiltration of apple juice. The time required to collect 130 ml of permeate was 4086 s without pretreatment, but it was decreased to 2819 s with pretreatment of apple juice with 1:1 G–B prior to ultrafiltration. Gelatin and bentonite are well known as the clarification aids during conventional processing of apple juice. Gelatin is capable of adsorbing some phenolic compounds present in apple juice, and stabilize clarity during storage. When gelatin is added, negatively charged colloids in apple juice begin to flocculate. In addition to this electrostatic effect, it also has a chemical effect that accelerates the flocculation. The main effect of bentonite on clarification depends on its adsorption capacity. (Acar & Go¨kmen, 2000; Cemerog˘lu & Karadeniz, 2001). Here, pretreatment of apple juice with gelatin and bentonite prior to ultrafiltration resulted in an increase in flux performance. These results suggest that the aggregate formed by gelatin and bentonite retains some molecules which are capable of fouling of the membrane. As a general rule, a reduced particle size in feed resulted in lower overall flux levels. As the average particle size in feed decreases, a decrease in average flux is seen and higher permeate fluxes are determined with the feeds containing particles of greater sizes (Tarleton & Wakeman, 1993). In this study, foulants responsible for the fouling of the membrane and decrease in the permeate flux, such as phenolic substances and proteins, are retained in feed as large aggregates by the electrostatic and adsorptive effects of gelatin and bentonite. It is well known that polysaccha- 303 rides, particularly pectin have also adverse effects on the flux behavior of apple juice during ultrafiltration. However, its effect was limited in this study by degrading pectin before ultrafiltration. Riedl et al. (1998) also reported a direct correlation between colloidal flocculation behavior and fouling layer resistance. V versus t data were analyzed by non-linear regression fitting the data to Eq. (5) by using Curve Expert. The correlation coefficients indicated that ultrafiltration data of apple juice were well fitted to the exponential model. The model parameters (a and b) and the calculated Rm and k values are listed in Table 1. Bayindirli, Ozilgen, and Ungan (1989) have also reported that the exponential model simulated the cake filtration of apple juice satisfactorily. Exponential fouling coefficient, k is an empirical constant defined by De La Garza and Boulton (1984). It depends on many factors such as feed properties, operation conditions and membrane properties. The higher k denotes higher total resistance, so increased lack of flux performance especially at further stages of ultrafiltration. Here, k values decreased as the amount of added gelatin and bentonite increased, confirming the improvement of flux performance of apple juice during ultrafiltration. The membrane resistance, Rm is dependent on membrane properties and DP, but, independent of feed properties. As clearly seen from the results, Rm of the membrane having MWCO of 10 kDa was found to be 1.1 · 1013 m1 at 2 · 105 Pa, regardless of feed properties, for all amounts of gelatin and bentonite used for pretreatment prior to ultrafiltration (Table 1). 3.3. Effect of P on ultrafiltration performance Fig. 3 shows the plot of V versus t at different DP for apple juice ultrafiltration using the membrane having MWCO of 10 kDa. As clearly seen in Table 2, Rm increased as the applied pressure increased. Sahin and Bayindirli (1991b) defined an optimum pressure where the filtration resistance was minimal for sour cherry juice filtration and suggested that increasing the pressure above this critical point caused an increase in Rm, but a decrease in k. They reported that the effect of Rm on total resistance was less than the effect of k, and because of this, no significant change was observed in terms of flow rates. On the other hand, we observed that both Rm and k values increased with the increase in DP. However, an increase in flux was Table 1 Model parameters and Rm and k values for different G–B G–B a (s) b (m3) Rm (m1) · 1013 k (m1) r 1:1 1:2 1:5 1:10 0 4639.61 ± 480.20 3542.40 ± 176.77 2540.70 ± 192.59 2230.24 ± 205.18 2042.05 ± 226.05 3671.94 ± 380.05 4860.96 ± 242.56 6662.97 ± 505.05 7724.09 ± 710.62 8425.43 ± 932.70 1.10 ± 0.11 1.11 ± 0.06 1.09 ± 0.08 1.11 ± 0.10 1.11 ± 0.12 11.81 ± 1.22 15.63 ± 0.78 21.42 ± 1.62 24.83 ± 2.28 27.09 ± 3.00 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 Operation conditions: DP 2 · 105 Pa, membrane 10 kDa MWCO. ¨ . C¸etinkaya / Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 V. Go¨kmen, O 304 5000 12000 4500 10000 30 kDa 50 kDa 1x10^5 Pa 3500 2x10^5 Pa 3000 3x10^5 Pa 4x10^5 Pa 2500 100 kDa 8000 t (s) t (s) 4000 2000 6000 4000 1500 2000 1000 500 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 5 10 12 0 2 4 14 3 V (x10 ) (m ) Fig. 3. V versus t plots for ultrafiltration of apple juice at different DP. Operation conditions: G–B 1:5, membrane 10 kDa MWCO. observed with the increase in DP since the effect of DP on the flux was greater than that of total resistance. One possible explanation for the increase in fouling potential with increasing DP was that, a denser fouling layer might be formed at higher pressures; such that the same amount of foulants would result in a higher rate of decline in permeate flux. De Bruijn, Venegas, and Bor´quez (2002) reported that high fouling and total resistance were observed at high pressures and low crossflow velocity. They suggested that, the rate at which membranes foul by deposition of colloidal material is essentially controlled by the rate of deposition and the rate of removal of deposited material. At high pressures, the rate of deposition would be high and the high pressure would compress the rejected solutes into a thicker and denser fouling layer with a high fouling resistance. Padila-Zakour and McLellan (1993) also reported a 6 8 5 V (x10 ) (m3) 10 12 14 Fig. 4. V versus t plots for ultrafiltration of apple juice using membranes having different MWCO. Operation conditions: G–B 1:5, DP 2 · 105 Pa. decrease in resistance with lower pressures. Rao et al. (1987) suggested that, the flux of apple juice increased with pressure until it reached a maximum value and then decreased with a further increase in pressure. 3.4. Effect of MWCO on ultrafiltration performance Fig. 4 shows the plot of V versus t for the membranes made of PES. As seen in Table 3, Rm of the membrane having MWCO of 30 kDa was found to be highest. It decreased as the MWCO of membranes increased. Increasing the MWCO of membrane caused lodging of small particles in the pores and as a result, a rapid decline in the flux was observed. The highest value of k for the membrane having MWCO of 100 kDa indicated an increased tendency of membrane to fouling during ultrafiltration of apple juice. Table 2 Model parameters and Rm and k values for different DP DP (Pa) · 105 a (s) b (m3) Rm (m1) · 1013 k (m1) r 1 2 3 4 6032.66 ± 406.60 3228.93 ± 213.43 1883.64 ± 107.93 1118.20 ± 3.02 4276.24 ± 288.22 5401.27 ± 357.02 6727.52 ± 385.49 8625.33 ± 23.29 0.83 ± 0.06 1.12 ± 0.07 1.22 ± 0.07 1.24 ± 0.00 13.75 ± 2.95 17.27 ± 1.14 21.63 ± 1.24 27.73 ± 0.07 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 Operation conditions: G–B 1:5, membrane 10 kDa MWCO. Table 3 Model parameters and Rm and k values for different MWCO values MWCO (kDa) a (s) b (m3) Rm (m1) · 1013 k (m1) r 30 50 100 6690.07 ± 268.94 3387.18 ± 73.84 1073.09 ± 31.66 7080.62 ± 284.64 6154.76 ± 134.17 9454.63 ± 278.91 3.04 ± 0.12 1.34 ± 0.03 0.65 ± 0.02 22.76 ± 0.91 19.79 ± 0.43 30.40 ± 0.90 0.99 0.99 0.99 Operation conditions: G–B 1:5, DP 2 · 105 Pa. ¨ . C¸etinkaya / Journal of Food Engineering 80 (2007) 300–305 V. Go¨kmen, O 4. 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