Shiro Yoshikawa

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that polymeric and ceramic membranes provide comparable performance during skim milk microfiltration when operated at comparable levels of transmembrane pressure (TMP), shear stress and temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-heated vacuum membrane distillation (MD) system employing a graphene-PVDF flat sheet membrane Joule heater was proposed for energy efficient sea water desalination.

TL;DR: In this paper, the feasibility of using flexible polymer microtubes as photocatalyst supports was investigated by using PFA tubes of various inner diameters (i.e., i.d.).

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of baffles, flow conditions and fluid properties on wavy motion of falling film were examined experimentally and numerically, and it was shown that a higher baffle tended to cause film break-up while the breakup was prevented by increasing the flow rates.

TL;DR: In this article, a void space and micro-baffle were formed in the packed layer and in the blow-through channel, respectively, to enhance convective heat and mass transfer, and resultant reaction efficiency.