Membrane Fouling and Hybrid Membrane Filtration System in Water Purification

MEMBRANE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 207-214
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Fujii ◽  
Sadaki Samitsu ◽  
Izumi Ichinose
Keyword(s):  
Water Purification ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Hybrid Membrane ◽  
Filtration System

scholarly journals Effect of Pre-Oxidation on Coagulation/Ceramic Membrane Treatment of Yangtze River Water

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Shengji Xia ◽  
Xinran Zhang ◽  
Yuanchen Zhao ◽  
Fibor J. Tan ◽  
Pan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Ceramic Membrane ◽  
Membrane Separation ◽  
Membrane System ◽  
Coagulation System ◽  
Fouling Control ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Membrane Treatment

The membrane separation process is being widely used in water treatment. It is very important to control membrane fouling in the process of water treatment. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of a pre-oxidation-coagulation flat ceramic membrane filtration process using different oxidant types and dosages in water treatment and membrane fouling control. The results showed that under suitable concentration conditions, the effect on membrane fouling control of a NaClO pre-oxidation combined with a coagulation/ceramic membrane system was better than that of an O3 system. The oxidation process changed the structure of pollutants, reduced the pollution load and enhanced the coagulation process in a pre-oxidation-coagulation system as well. The influence of the oxidant on the filtration system was related to its oxidizability and other characteristics. NaClO and O3 performed more efficiently than KMnO4. NaClO was more conducive to the removal of DOC, and O3 was more conducive to the removal of UV254.

Treatment of highly-colored surface water by a hybrid microfiltration membrane system incorporating ion-exchange

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Miyoshi ◽  
Y. Takahashi ◽  
T. Suzuki ◽  
R. Nitisoravut ◽  
C. Polprasert
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Membrane System ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Manganese Concentration ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Coagulant Dosage ◽  
Filtration System

Abstract This study investigated the performance of a hybrid membrane filtration system to produce industrial water from highly-colored surface water. The system consists of a membrane filtration process with appropriate pretreatments, including coagulation, pre-chlorination, and anion exchange (IE) process. The results of the pilot-scale experiments revealed that the hybrid system can produce treated water with color of around 5 Pt-Co, dissolved manganese concentration of no more than 0.05 mg/L, and a silt density index (SDI) of no more than 5 when sufficient coagulant and sodium hypochlorite were dosed. Although the IE process effectively reduced the color of the water, a moderate increase in the color of the IE effluent was observed when there was a significant increase in the color of the raw water. This resulted in a severe membrane fouling, which was likely to be attributed to the excess production of inorganic sludge associated with the increased coagulant dosage required to achieve sufficient reduction of color. Such severe membrane fouling can be controlled by optimising the backwashing and relaxation frequencies during the membrane filtration. These results indicate that the hybrid system proposed is a suitable technology for treating highly-colored surface water.

Flow Dynamic Effect in Cake Shape and Resistance in Membrane Filtration

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aklilu T. G. Giorges ◽  
John A. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Film Growth ◽  
Dynamic Effect ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Flow Dynamics ◽  
Flux Rate ◽  
Filtration Resistance ◽  
Filter Surface ◽  
Filtration System

Membrane filtration is one of the methods for separating targeted material from a fluid stream. Membrane based filtration is applied in many areas of processing to separate and concentrate fluids. However, fouling and film growth at the filter surface is a major problem that causes loss in efficiency. The cake buildup during the filtration process is investigated experimentally to understand the affect of flow dynamics on the cake characteristics, shape and associated resistance. The experiments were conducted without and with shear generated using an impeller operated at various rotational speeds. The results illustrate that indeed the cake shape and character are affected by the flow dynamics that eventually influence filtration resistance. Likewise the filtrate rate and the cake shape significantly affect the flow dynamics. Furthermore, the filtration resistance is not only affected by the thickness of the cake, but also by how the cake is formed. After similar volumes of filtrate, the flux rate of 120 Lm−2hr−1 for 4.4 mm thick and 1.8 g cake is observed for dead-end filtration, while the flux rate of 600 Lm−2hr−1 for 1.1 mm thick and 0.35 g cake where observed with a shearing rate of 630 s−1. Understanding the size and characters of cake buildup is very important to designing a system to overcome the drawbacks associated with membrane fouling. Moreover, developing a technology with the cleaning process that removes or eliminates cake and maintains a reasonable flux for an extended period requires a thorough understanding of the filtration system geometry and flow dynamics.

scholarly journals Effect of vibration on the efficiency of ultrafiltration

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Gyula Szerencsés ◽  
Sándor Beszédes ◽  
Zsuzsanna László ◽  
Gábor Veréb ◽  
Balázs Szegedi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Treatment Technology ◽  
Filtration Resistance ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Total Filtration ◽  
Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

Nowadays, several environmental challenges are present to cope with. One with outstanding importance is the protection of our water supplies, therefore examination of wastewater treatment technology is a priority, especially in the European Union. In this work, the effect of membrane module vibration amplitude on the efficiency of ultrafiltration (UF) was investigated in a vibratory shear enhanced membrane filtration system. Based on the results of model dairy effluent UF and statistical analysis, the maximum vibration level available resulted in the most efficient filtration process, due to the most significant reduction of membrane fouling. From our results it was observed that the permeate fluxes more than doubled, specific energy demand was roughly halved, with almost identical retentions for organic matter, and total filtration resistance was reduced to less than half. Results also showed that setting the optimal operating parameters, an advantageous, efficiency focused, and sustainable wastewater treatment technology can be established.

scholarly journals Effects of Ferrihydrite-Impregnated Powdered Activated Carbon on Phosphate Removal and Biofouling of Ultrafiltration Membrane

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1178
Author(s):  
Jenyuk Lohwacharin ◽  
Thitiwut Maliwan ◽  
Hideki Osawa ◽  
Satoshi Takizawa
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Powdered Activated Carbon ◽  
Phosphate Removal ◽  
Phosphate Adsorption ◽  
Surface Water Treatment ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Pore Blockage

The presence of multiple contaminant species in surface waters makes surface water treatment difficult to accomplish through a single process. Herein, we evaluated the ability of an integrated adsorption/ultrafiltration (UF) membrane filtration system to simultaneously remove phosphates and dissolved organic matter (DOM). When bare powdered activated carbon (PAC) and PAC impregnated with amorphous ferrihydrite (FHPAC) adsorbents were compared, FHPAC showed a greater adsorption rate and capacity for phosphate. FHPAC had a phosphate adsorption capacity of 2.32 mg PO43−/g FHPAC, even when DOM was present as a competing adsorbate. In a lab-scale hybrid FHPAC-UF system (i.e. integrated adsorption by FHPAC with UF membrane filtration), irreversible membrane fouling was ca. three times lower than that in a PAC-UF system. When membrane fouling in the PAC-UF system was described with pore blockage models, we found that the main cause of fouling was bacterial deposition on the membrane surface. CLSM analysis determined that the chemical composition of foulants in the PAC-UF system included higher proportions of proteins, nucleic acids, and alpha-polysaccharides than that in the FHPAC-UF system. Overall, FHPAC’s ability to undergo ligand exchanges with DOM helped to reduce the nutrients and bacteria that cause biofouling to accumulate on the membrane surface.

Evaluating the membrane fouling formation and chemical cleaning strategy in forward osmosis membrane filtration treating domestic sewage

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 2092-2103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hafizah Ab Hamid ◽  
Liu Ye ◽  
David K. Wang ◽  
Simon Smart ◽  
Emmanuelle Filloux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Nitrous Acid ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Forward Osmosis ◽  
Domestic Sewage ◽  
Chemical Cleaning ◽  
Free Nitrous Acid ◽  
Fouling Control ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Time Required

Free nitrous acid (FNA) shows strong potential as an effective cleaning reagent in fouling control in a forward osmosis filtration system, with a relatively longer time required.

Study on the Reuse of Production Wastewater with Submerged Ultrafiltration Membrane

2011 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 73-77
Author(s):  
Guo Wei Gao ◽  
Wen Jie He ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
Jian Kun Hu
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Concentration Polarization ◽  
Removal Rate ◽  
Filtration Resistance ◽  
Water Treatment Plants ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Cake Formation ◽  
Suitable Treatment

Production wastewater (PWW) produced at water treatment plants is an inescapable byproduct and most of it has long been treated as a waste. UF offers a suitable treatment for PWW in order to guarantee a water quality necessary for reuse. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of submerged membrane filtration for reducing NOM and the effects of backwash. Turbidity was almost removed to less than 0.11NTU and the removal rate of each series of particle size could be 99.99%. In a membrane-blocking formation comparable filtration system, the filtration resistance due to cake formation fouling was far more three-fold higher than that due to concentration polarization. The minimum TMP due to membrane fouling progressively increased from 0.052 MPa to 0.055 MPa during the operation. Backwash operation can effectively restrain particle fouling and therefore reduce filtration resistances, especially for the cake resistance. The TMP decreases from 0.065 MPa to 0.053MPa after backwash operation.

Fabrication of Poly(acrylonitrile)/PAN Nanofiber Using a Drum Collector Electrospinning System for Water Purification Application

2015 ◽  
Vol 1123 ◽  
pp. 281-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Miftahul Munir ◽  
Muhamad Prama Ekaputra ◽  
Abdul Rajak ◽  
Annisa Rahma ◽  
Ade Yeti Nuryantini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Purification ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Water Model ◽  
Nanofiber Membrane ◽  
Electrospinning Technique ◽  
Advanced Technique ◽  
Poly Acrylonitrile ◽  
Pan Nanofiber ◽  
Filtration Technique

The development of filtration technique for water purification has been performed ranging from the conventional to the advanced technique such as coagulation, sedimentation, sand filtration, reverse osmosis and nanofiltration. However, the major challenge to be addressed in the filtration technique is the tendency of membrane fouling or clogging. This effect causes a decreasein the flux and effectiveness of membrane filtration. In this study, we reported the fabrication of poly (acrylonitrile)/PAN nanofiber membrane by electrospinning technique and their application for water purification. A drum collector electrospinning system was used to produce uniform nanofiber membrane. Nanofiber membrane was fabricated from precursor solution which was prepared by dissolving poly (acrylonitrile) that has molecular weight of 150.000 g/mol in n,n-dimethylformamide (DMF). PAN nanofiber membrane were fabricated via electrospinning technique with 8wt% in concentration. The morphology of the membrane was characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). SEM analysis showed that uniform nanofiber was formed with average fiber diameter of 290-370 nm. Three different concentrations of antacid suspension were prepared as the sample in order to test the performance of PAN nanofiber as membrane filter. Flux test was carried out by applying various pressure against the membrane in order to obtain the flux values of each variation of waste water model. The purity of the filtrate was analyzed by using UV spectrophotometer and the result show a decreased absorbance by 93%.

scholarly journals Detergent and Water Recovery from Laundry Wastewater Using Tilted Panel Membrane Filtration System

Membranes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Nafiu Umar Barambu ◽  
Derrick Peter ◽  
Mohd Hizami Mohd Yusoff ◽  
Muhammad Roil Bilad ◽  
Norazanita Shamsuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Membrane Fouling ◽  
Membrane Filtration ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Aeration Rate ◽  
Water Recovery ◽  
Wastewater Reclamation ◽  
Permeability Enhancement ◽  
Filtration System ◽  
Wastewater Filtration

Increasing global concern on clean water scarcity and environmental sustainability drive invention in water reclamation technology. Laundry wastewater reclamation via membrane technology faces the challenge of membrane fouling. This paper assesses a tilting-the-filtration-panel filtration system for the treatment of real laundry wastewater filtration aimed for water and detergent reuse. Results showed that the panel tilting significantly improved fouling control and enhanced permeability due to enhanced contact of air bubbles with the membrane surface, which induced continuous detachment of foulant from the membrane surface. The combination of aeration rate and tilting angle resulted in up to 83% permeability enhancement from 109 to 221.4 ± 10.8 (L/m2·h·bar). The system also offers 32% detergent recovery. Overall findings suggest that the system offers an attractive approach for both fouling management and detergent recovery and can potentially be applied under a simple setup in which filtration can be driven by gravity/hydrostatic pressure.

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