Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Improving electrodialysis separation efficiency of minerals from acid whey by nano-filtration pre-processing

  • Emilie N. Nielsen
  • , Leif H. Skibsted
  • , Saeed R. Yazdi
  • , Arthur Merkel
  • , Lilia M. Ahrné*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Publication: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Abstract

Acid whey (AW) contains valuable minerals, such as calcium and magnesium. Electrodialysis (ED) is an efficient technology to recover these minerals; however, the less nutritional sodium will also be recovered during ED. AW was processed by nanofiltration prior to ED in order to change the ratio between the monovalent and divalent ions. The nano-filtration increased the efficiency of the ED process regarding recovery of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions by 70% and 67%, respectively, while it did not affect the K+, Na+, phosphates and lactate. The spent energy was more effectively used to recover Ca2+ in the nano-filtrated AW.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)820-830
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Dairy Technology
Volume75
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. International Journal of Dairy Technology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Dairy Technology.

Keywords

  • Acid whey
  • Calcium
  • Electrodialysis
  • Lactic acid
  • Minerals
  • Nanofiltration

Cite this