membrane performance Articles
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Development of antifouling ultrafiltration membranes by surface modification
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes were prepared by phase inversion technique. The effects of polystyrene (PS) concentrations on the blend membrane performance were investigated. The membranes were characterised in terms of shrinkage ratio, pure water flux, and porosity. The hydrophobicity of the membrane was modified by poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) through adsorption and crosslinking. The ...
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Air bubbles enhance membrane cleaning: a future perspective
Abstract Air bubbles generated using a novel micro-bubble generator have displayed a dramatic enhancement in cleaning efficiency when used in conjunction with specially formulated cleaning chemicals. In order to establish the effect of this application on membrane performance, a series of experiments were conducted using both a flat sheet test rig and a small scale pilot plant. Experiments show ...
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Nanofiltration process of glyphosate simulated wastewater
Nanofiltration separation of glyphosate simulated wastewater was investigated using a DK membrane. The effects of operating parameters and the addition of impurities on membrane performance were studied in detail. It was found that at 20 °C, with a glyphosate concentration of 500 mg/L and pH of 2.96, the glyphosate retention rate and the membrane permeate flux increased slightly with increasing ...
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Research Papers: Air Bubbles enhance membrane cleaning: a future perspective - Case Study
Click here for the full dowloadable paper. Air bubbles generated using a novel micro-bubble generator have displayed a dramatic enhancement in cleaning efficiency when used in conjunction with specially formulated cleaning chemicals. In order to establish the effect of this application on membrane performance, a series of experiments were conducted using both a flat sheet test rig and a small ...
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Virus removal retention challenge tests performed at lab scale and pilot scale during operation of membrane units
The determination of the virus retention capabilities of UF units during operation is essential for the operators of drinking water treatment facilities in order to guarantee an efficient and stable removal of viruses through time. In previous studies, an effective method (MS2-phage challenge tests) was developed by the Water Research Center of Veolia Environnement for the measurement of the ...
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Pervaporative removal of acrylonitrile from aqueous streams through polydimethylsiloxane membrane
This study describes the successful separation of acrylonitrile (ACN) from dilute aqueous streams using pervaporation process. The influences of ACN feed concentration, permeate pressure, operating temperature, feed flow rate and membrane thickness on the membrane separation performance were investigated. The results showed that with an increase in ACN concentration in the feed solution, the ...
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Suitability of cationic flocculants for RO membranes performance improvement
Abstract As it has already been published and demonstrated, one of the main causes of membranes failures is related to a poor plant pre-treatment. Data from more than 600 autopsies demonstrated that both biofilm and colloidal matter are the most common components on RO (reverse osmosis) membranes fouling, therefore, main lack on membranes pre-treatment is related to disinfection and small size ...
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Performance of a MBR for the treatment of blackwater
The paper describes the experience gained in operating a membrane bioreactor (MBR) for the treatment of blackwater. Beside a complete characterization of blackwater, operational conditions and removal efficiency concerning parameters such as COD, BOD5, nitrogen and phosphorus as well as microbiological parameters were determined. Furthermore the membrane performance was investigated. The results ...
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Seawater feed reverse osmosis preheating appraisal, Part I: leading element performance
This paper is concerned with the seawater reverse osmosis preheating process, and presents a parametric study of the process. The basic transport equations describing the leading element are exhibited and appraised. The leading element, which governs the whole system performance, is studied and analysed. The incorporated and investigated operating parameters are the feed pressure and the ...
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INNOVATIVE CHEMICALS FOR DETERIORATED RO MEMBRANES
The new rejuvenation chemical treatment is introduced in this paper. This chemical treatment repairs the deteriorated RO membranes, and recovers the salt rejection ratio immediately. In the past, such kind of rejuvenation methods have been developed and reported only with table test basis and pilot plant test basis as seen in the IVREFERENCES [1][2][3]. This report describes the feature of ...
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Evaluating impact of fouling on reverse osmosis membranes performance
Abstract Membrane fouling is commonly defined as an undesirable formation of deposits on mem- brane surfaces and it is considered a major problem in most brackish, seawater, and waste water reclamation applications. Depending on nature of the scale and foulant, fouling pro- cesses will lead to decreased membrane fluxes, increased pressures needs, and/or increased permeate conductivity. In some ...
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The hybrid process TiO2/PAC: performance of membrane filtration
In investigations concerning the photocatalytic degradation by TiO2 usually filter discs with a pore size of 0.22 μm and 0.45 μm are used for the removal of photocatalyst particles in aqueous suspensions. In this study the effective rejection of suspended particles by microfiltration in different types of membrane modules and with different membrane materials was investigated. Furthermore, ...
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Tech Tips: Membrane Preconditioning
What is membrane preconditioning and why is it recommended to precondition new flat sheet or spiral woundmembranes prior to use? Membrane preconditioning is a filtration step using deionized water as feed solution and is typically performed at a pressure equal to or higher than the anticipated testing pressure. During this process membrane pores are wetted and the membrane structure may go ...
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Energetics for gas separation in microporous membranes
Gas separation by inorganic membranes has proven to be effective at laboratory scales, but is now facing challenges in developing for industrial scales. A particular type of inorganic membrane is the class of porous molecular sieves formed by sol-gel method deposited on ceramic substrates. These molecular sieve silica (MSS) membranes are ideally suited to high temperature He, H2, CO2 and CH4 ...
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Tubular nanofiltration of highly concentrated C.I. Acid Black 210 dye
Tubular nanofiltration membrane performance to treat water for reuse was carried out by choosing C.I. Acid Black 210 dye as a model dye. It has been shown that increasing pH causes reduction in irreversible fouling factor (IFF) and the dye removal is also affected by solution pH. The total organic carbon removal for pH 4, pH 7, pH 8 and pH 10 is 97.9, 92.3, 94.5 and 94.6%, respectively. ...
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Development and application of a procedure for evaluating the long-term integrity of membranes for the anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor (AFMBR)
A bench-scale short-term test, developed to predict the long-term integrity of membranes with potential for use in anaerobic fluidized-bed membrane bioreactors, was used to evaluate several commercial hollow-fiber membranes. It was found that membrane performance varied widely, some membranes failing much more rapidly than others. Also found was that larger sizes of the fluidized media, in ...
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SterliTech Tips: All Things Flat Sheet Membranes
Pre-Conditioning, Use, and Preservation What is membrane preconditioning and why is it recommended to precondition new flat sheet or spiral wound membranes prior to use? Membrane preconditioning is a filtration step using deionized water as feed solution and is typically performed at a pressure equal to or higher than the anticipated testing pressure. During this process membrane pores are ...
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The effect of wastewater pretreatment on nanofiltration membrane performance
Membrane fouling is considered a serious obstacle for operation and cost efficiency in wastewater treatment using nanofiltration (NF). However, pretreatment is the most practical way to reduce this prior to NF. In this research, two types of wastewaters were pretreated with different methods prior to NF to examine the effect of pretreatment on membrane fouling in terms of turbidity, chemical ...
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Study of fouling in two-stage reverse osmosis desalination unit operating without an inlet pH adjustment: diagnosis and implications
In the current work, the diagnosis of a reverse osmosis desalination unit is reported. Over the two last decades, the studied desalination unit was supplying a 1,200 bed hotel. The feed water was driven from a well near the sea. The desalination unit has two stages giving an average recovery equal to 81%. The behaviour of all water streams with respect to aggressiveness and scaling tendency ...
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Carbon nanotube membrane for water desalination
This is a review of carbon nanotube membranes with an emphasis on their water desalination applications. Particular attention is given to carbon nanotube preparation, types and properties. The concept of desalination in the context of carbon nanotubes is discussed. The different processes for the manufacture of carbon nanotube membranes are electric arc discharge, laser ablation and Chemical ...
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