George Chen

The influence of propane and n-butane on the structure and separation performance of cellulose acetate membranes

L Liu, CM Doherty, E Ricci, GQ Chen, MG De Angelis, SE Kentish

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Membrane Science

This work presents the impact of propane and n-butane on the CO2/CH4 separation performance of both cellulose diacetate (CDA) and ..

Production of lithium hydroxide by electrodialysis with bipolar membranes

Xia Chen, Xinyu Ruan, Sandra E Kentish, Gang Kevin Li, Tongwen Xu, George Q Chen

Journal article  |  2021  |  SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

In conventional lithium extraction processes, highly purified lithium sulfate is generated as an intermediate, which is transforme..

Comparative study on tartaric acid production by two-chamber and three-chamber electro-electrodialysis

Guochi Liu, Dushuai Wu, George Chen, Ronald Halim, Jie Liu, Huining Deng

Journal article  |  2021  |  SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Acidification is an essential step in organic acid production. In this work, an environmentally friendly electro-electrodialysis (..

Erratum to ‘Single and binary ion sorption equilibria of monovalent and divalent ions in commercial ion exchange membranes’ [Water Research 175 (2020) 115681] (Water Research (2020) 175, (S0043135420302177), (10.1016/j.watres.2020.115681))

GQ Chen, K Wei, A Hassanvand, BD Freeman, SE Kentish

Journal article  |  2021  |  WATER RESEARCH

The authors regret that in the original version, the y-axes of Figures 5 and 8 were labelled incorrectly. The corrected figures ar..

Hypotonic osmotic shock treatment to enhance lipid and protein recoveries from concentrated saltwater Nannochloropsis slurries

Ronald Halim, Ioannis Papachristou, Christin Kubisch, Natalja Nazarova, Ruediger Wuestner, David Steinbach, George Q Chen, Huining Deng, Wolfgang Frey, Clemens Posten, Aude Silve

Journal article  |  2021  |  FUEL

This study reports the use of hypotonic osmotic shock as a treatment step to enhance the recoveries of biofuel-convertible lipids ..

Lactic Acid and Salt Separation Using Membrane Technology

Sahar Talebi, Michael Garthe, Florian Roghmans, George Q Chen, Sandra E Kentish

Journal article  |  2021  |  MEMBRANES

Acid whey is a by-product of cheese and yoghurt manufacture. The protein and lactose within acid whey can be recovered using nanof..

The Use of Ultrasound in the Recovery of Food Materials: Sonocrystallization and Membrane Processing

Judy Lee, Sandra E Kentish, George Q Chen

Book Chapter  |  2021

1.23 The Use of Ultrasound in the Recovery of Food Materials: Sonocrystallization and Membrane Processing

Judy Lee, Sandra E Kentish, George Q Chen

Book Chapter  |  2021

Sorption and diffusion of organic acid ions in anion exchange membranes: Acetate and lactate ions as a case study

Q Wang, GQ Chen, SE Kentish

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Membrane Science

In this study, the sorption behaviour and conductivity of two anion exchange membranes (AR103 and AR204) equilibrated with sodium ..

Pilot scale concentration of cheese whey by forward osmosis: A short-cut method for evaluating the effective pressure driving force

A Artemi, GQ Chen, SE Kentish, J Lee

Journal article  |  2020  |  Separation and Purification Technology

Cheese whey was concentrated to a concentration factor of 2.7 in a pilot scale forward osmosis filtration system, using a commerci..