Journal
MEMBRANES
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes8040090
Keywords
virus removal filtration; Peclet number; nanocellulose; hydrodynamic constraint; convective capture; diffusion
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- Knut and AliceWallenberg Foundation
- Olle Engqvist Byggmastare Foundation
- Bo Rydin's Foundation for Scientific Research
- Swedish Research Council
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Pressure-dependent breakthrough of nanobioparticles in filtration was observed and it was related to depend on both convective forces due to flow and diffusion as a result of Brownian motion. The aim of this work was to investigate the significance of Brownian motion on nanoparticle and virus capture in a nanocellulose-based virus removal filter paper through theoretical modeling and filtration experiments. Local flow velocities in the pores of the filter paper were modeled through two different approaches (i.e., with the Hagen-Poiseuille equation) and by evaluating the superficial linear flow velocity through the filter. Simulations by solving the Langevin equation for 5 nm gold particles and 28 nm phi X174 bacteriophages showed that hydrodynamic constraint is favored for larger particles. Filtration of gold nanoparticles showed no difference in retention for the investigated fluxes, as predicted by the modeling of local flow velocities. Filtration of phi X174 bacteriophages exhibited a higher retention at higher filtration pressure, which was predicted to some extent by the Hagen-Poiseuille equation but not by evaluation of the superficial linear velocity. In all, the hydrodynamic theory was shown able to explain some of the observations during filtration.
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