The Impact of Assimilable Organic Carbon on Biological Fouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes in Seawater Desalination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Weinrich
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Assimilable Organic Carbon ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Zwitterionic and hydrophilic polyelectrolyte/metal ion anti-fouling layers via covalent and coordination bonds for reverse osmosis membranes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengying Jiang ◽  
Li-Ye Chen ◽  
Qian Zou ◽  
Siwei Xiong ◽  
Peigen Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Membrane Technology ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Ro Membrane ◽  
Coordination Bonds ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology, as an effective and eco-friendly method, has been widely used for seawater desalination and sewage treatment. However, RO membranes inevitably suffer serious organic and biological...

scholarly journals Environmental Performance of Small-Scale Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plant for Rural Area Water Supply

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Latifah Abdul Ghani ◽  
Nora’aini Ali ◽  
Ilyanni Syazira Nazaran ◽  
Marlia M. Hanafiah
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Resource Scarcity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Seawater Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Desalination Technology ◽  
The Impact

Seawater desalination is an alternative technology to provide safe drinking water and to solve water issues in an area having low water quality and limited drinking water supply. Currently, reverse osmosis (RO) is commonly used in the desalination technology and experiencing significant growth. The aim of this study was to analyze the environmental impacts of the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant installed in Kampung Pantai Senok, Kelantan, as this plant was the first installed in Malaysia. The software SimaPro 8.5 together with the ReCiPe 2016 database were used as tools to evaluate the life cycle assessment (LCA) of the SWRO plant. The results showed that the impact of global warming (3.90 kg CO2 eq/year) was the highest, followed by terrestrial ecotoxicity (1.62 kg 1,4-DCB/year) and fossil resource scarcity (1.29 kg oil eq/year). The impact of global warming was caused by the natural gas used to generate the electricity, mainly during the RO process. Reducing the environmental impact can be effectively achieved by decreasing the electricity usage for the seawater desalination process. As a suggestion, electricity generation can be overcome by using a high-flux membrane with other suitable renewable energy for the plant such as solar and wind energy.

scholarly journals Optimization of Energy Efficiency, Operation Costs, Carbon Footprint and Ecological Footprint with Reverse Osmosis Membranes in Seawater Desalination Plants

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Federico Leon ◽  
Alejandro Ramos ◽  
S. Ovidio Perez-Baez
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Operation Costs ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Desalination Plants ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

This article shows the optimization of the reverse osmosis process in seawater desalination plants, taking the example of the Canary Islands, where there are more than 320 units of different sizes, both private and public. The objective is to improve the energy efficiency of the system in order to save on operation costs as well as reduce the carbon and ecological footprints. Reverse osmosis membranes with higher surface area have lower energy consumption, as well as energy recovery systems to recover the brine pressure and introduce it in the system. Accounting for the operation, maintenance and handling of the membranes is also important in energy savings, in order to improve the energy efficiency. The energy consumption depends on the permeate water quality required and the model of the reverse osmosis membrane installed in the seawater desalination plant, as it is shown in this study.

The impact of diatoms on the biofouling of seawater reverse osmosis membranes in a model cross-flow system

Desalination ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 392 ◽  
pp. 8-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie C. Leterme ◽  
Charlotte Le Lan ◽  
Deevesh A. Hemraj ◽  
Amanda V. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Flow System ◽  
Cross Flow ◽  
Seawater Reverse Osmosis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Study of reverse osmosis membranes fouling by inorganic salts and colloidal particles during seawater desalination

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Gutiérrez Ruiz ◽  
Juan Antonio López-Ramírez ◽  
Mohammed Hassani Zerrouk ◽  
Agata Egea-Corbacho Lopera ◽  
José María Quiroga Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Inorganic Salts ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Development of reverse osmosis membrane seawater desalination in Japan

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Magara ◽  
M. Kawasaki ◽  
M. Sekino ◽  
H. Yamamura
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membrane ◽  
Seawater Desalination ◽  
The World ◽  
Desalination Technology ◽  
Purification Plant ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membranes

The seawater desalination facilities by reverse osmosis membranes in the world are reviewed. The largest seawater desalination facility using reverse osmosis started its operation at Chatan water purification plant in Okinawa prefectural water works. The high-efficiency seawater desalination technology which improves the recovery ratio of fresh water up to 60% developed by a manufacturing company of reverse osmosis membranes in Japan is explained. Finally the state of the art of desalination technology development using reverse osmosis membranes is discussed.

scholarly journals Bioluminescence-Based Method for Measuring Assimilable Organic Carbon in Pretreatment Water for Reverse Osmosis Membrane Desalination

2010 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 1148-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Weinrich ◽  
Orren D. Schneider ◽  
Mark W. LeChevallier
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Pilot Plant ◽  
Vibrio Harveyi ◽  
Marine Organism ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Membrane ◽  
Biological Growth ◽  
Assimilable Organic Carbon ◽  
Reverse Osmosis Desalination

ABSTRACTA bioluminescence-based assimilable organic carbon (AOC) test was developed for determining the biological growth potential of seawater within the reverse osmosis desalination pretreatment process. The test usesVibrio harveyi, a marine organism that exhibits constitutive luminescence and is nutritionally robust. AOC was measured in both a pilot plant and a full-scale desalination plant pretreatment.

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