Coupling sodium percarbonate (SPC) oxidation and coagulation for membrane fouling mitigation in algae-laden water treatment

Nanofiltration is a promising technology for water engineering. However, membrane fouling is the major bottleneck for NF application. In this paper, four typical methods, in the drinking water treatment trains, were comprehensively studied for their effectiveness as NF pretreatments, based on the organic removal improvement and membrane fouling mitigation. It was found that coagulation and UF had stably higher removal efficiencies of organic matters, whilst showed quite better fouling mitigation capabilities than the other methods. According to the analysis of total resistance changes in the NF membrane, coagulation could decrease the irreversible resistance to some extent, and improve the fouling recovery potential. Notwithstanding, the enhancement of nitrogen components by all pre-treatment methods were limited, indicating that further treatment would be necessary. This result herein was very useful to understand the NF process for drinking water treatment, as well to elevate the cost-effectiveness of NF application.

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A rapid small scale evaluation of ultrafiltration performance for surface water treatment at Alcantarilha's water treatment works (Algarve, Portugal)

Water Science & Technology Water Supply ◽

10.2166/ws.2004.0109 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 4 (5-6) ◽

pp. 199-206

Author(s):

M. Ribau Teixeira ◽

H. Lucas ◽

M.J. Rosa

Keyword(s):

Water Treatment ◽

Membrane Fouling ◽

Conventional Treatment ◽

Apparent Molecular Weight ◽

Small Scale ◽

Hydraulic Permeability ◽

Scale Evaluation ◽

Surface Water Treatment ◽

Drinking Water Production ◽

Pre Treatment

A rapid small-scale evaluation of ultrafiltration (UF) performance with and without physical–chemical pre-treatment was performed to up-grade the conventional treatment used for drinking water production in Alcantarilha's water treatment works, Algarve, Portugal. Direct UF and pre-ozonation/coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation/UF (O/C/F/S/UF) were evaluated using polysulphone membranes of different apparent molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) (15–47 kDa). The results indicated that (i) UF is an effective barrier against microorganisms, including virus larger than 80 nm; (ii) for surface waters with low to moderate SUVA values, direct UF performance is equivalent or better than the conventional treatment in terms of residual turbidity, while UV254 nm and TOC residuals require the use of O/C/F/S/UF; (iii) the permeate quality improves with the membrane apparent MWCO decrease, especially for the direct UF, although the conventional treatment performance is never reached using UF; (iv) membrane fouling and adsorption phenomena are more severe in direct UF than in O/C/F/S/UF sequence (pre-ozonation decreases the membrane foulants by decreasing their hydrophobicity) and these phenomena increase with the membrane hydraulic permeability and, particularly, with the membrane apparent MWCO.

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Effects of novel anaerobic baffled biofilm membrane bioreactor configurations on membrane fouling mitigation and microbial community in treating liquor condensate

Bioresource Technology ◽

10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125310 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 125310

Author(s):

Tanissorn Buakaew ◽

Chavalit Ratanatamskul

Keyword(s):

Microbial Community ◽

Membrane Fouling ◽

Membrane Bioreactor ◽

Fouling Mitigation

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

Membranes ◽

10.3390/membranes11050369 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 369

Author(s):

Shengji Xia ◽

Xinran Zhang ◽

Yuanchen Zhao ◽

Fibor J. Tan ◽

Pan Li ◽

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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.

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