纳滤/反渗透膜处理重金属废水的性能

The performance of different nanofiltration （NF） and reverse osmosis （RO） membranes was studied in treating the toxic metal effluent from metallurgical industry. The characteristics and filtration behavior of the processes including the wastewater flux, salt rejection and ion rejection versus operating pressure were evaluated. Then the wastewater flux of RO membrane was compared with theoretical calculation using mass transfer models, and good consistency was observed. It was found that a high rejection rate more than 95% of metal ions and a low Chemical Oxygen Demand （COD） value of 10 mg·L^-1 in permeate could be achieved using the RO composite membrane, while the NF rejection of the salt could be up to 78.9% and the COD value in the permeate was 35 mg·L^-1. The results showed that the product water by both NF and RO desalination satisfied the State Reutilization Qualification, but NF would be more suitable for large-scale industrial practice, which offered significantly higher permeate flux at low operating pressure.     

Treatment of tanning effluent using nanofiltration followed by reverse osmosis

An investigation on the recovery of chromium from the effluent of a chrome-tanning bath has been performed using nanofiltration (NF) followed by reverse osmosis (RO). The experiments are conducted using a rectangular cross flow cell under laminar and turbulent regimes. Significant flux enhancement is achieved using thin wires as turbulent promoters. The performance criteria are evaluated in terms of the concentration of chromium, COD, BOD, TDS, TS, pH, and conductivity of the permeate. The effects of different operating parameters on permeate flux and observed retention of chromium are evaluated experimentally. The retention of chromium is found to be 91–98% for NF and 98.8–99.7% for RO for the experimental conditions of this study. Concentrations of chromium and COD of the final permeate are well within the permissible limits.     

Influence of filtration conditions on the performance of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes in dairy wastewater treatment

Filtration performance and fouling of nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in the treatment of dairy industry wastewater were investigated. Two series of experiments were performed. The first one involved a NF membrane (TFC-S) for treating the chemical-biological treatment plant effluents. The second one used a RO membrane (TFC-HR) for treating the original effluents from the dairy industry. The permeate flux was higher at higher transmembrane pressures and higher feed flowrates. The curves of permeate flux exhibited a slower increase while the feed flowrate decreased and the pressure increased. Membrane fouling resulted in permeate flux decline with increasing the feed COD concentration. Furthermore, the flux decline due to the COD increase was found higher at higher pressures for both NF and RO membranes.     

Treatment of Liming Effluent from Tannery using Membrane Separation Processes

Abstract

A treatment method of liming effluent of a tannery is tested using hybrid membrane separation processes. The effluent after gravity settling and alum coagulation is subjected to ultrafiltration followed by nanofiltration. The optimum alum dose is obtained by analyzing the effluent using various concentrations of alum. The membrane separation processes are conducted in a continuous cross flow mode. The effects of operating conditions e.g., transmembrane pressure difference, and cross flow velocity (Reynolds number) on the permeate flux are analyzed. Effects of change in hydrodynamic conditions in various flow regimes, e.g., laminar, laminar with turbulent promoter, and turbulent flow on flux improvement have been studied. A resistance‐in‐series model for flux decline during the filtration process is proposed. COD, BOD, TDS, TS, pH, Ca²⁺ concentration, Cl^? concentration and conductivity are measured before and after each operation. The potential of the dried sludge as organic fertilizer is also explored.     

Performance of Nanofiltration Membranes in the Treatment of Synthetic and Real Seawater

Abstract

Nanofiltration membranes (NF) are being employed in pretreatment unit operations in both thermal and membrane seawater desalination processes and as partial demineralization to seawater. In order to predict NF membrane performance, a systematic study on the filtration performance of selected commercial NF membranes against seawater is presented in this paper. Two commercial nanofiltration membranes (NF90 and NF270) have been investigated in details to study their performance in filtering the salt mixture, synthetic and real seawater in a cross‐flow NF membrane process at a pressure range from 4 to 9 bars. The Spiegler‐Kedem model was used to fit the experimental data of rejection with the permeate flux in order to determine the fitting parameters of the reflection coefficient (σ) and the solute permeability (P_s). The results showed that the rejection increases with pressure for NF90 and slightly increases with pressure for NF270. Also, the NF90 membrane has shown to be able to reject both monovalent and divalent of all investigated mixtures and seawater with very reasonable values but at a relatively low flux. Moreover, it reduced the salinity of investigated seawater from 38 to 25.5 g/L using one stage of the NF membrane at 9 bars. This makes NF90 more suitable for the application in the pretreatment of desalination processes. On the other hand, NF270 can reject monovalent ions at relatively low values and divalent ions at reasonable values. It has also reduced the seawater salinity to 33.6 g/L, but at a very high permeate flux. The SKM model fitted the experimental data of divalent ions in salt mixture and seawater.     

Multicomponent Steady State Modeling of Concentration Polarization Including Adsorption during Nanofiltration of a Textile Effluent

Steady state modeling of nanofiltration of a textile effluent was carried out. The model comprised of three distinct parts. Film theory was used to account for the solute transport outside the membrane surface within the mass transfer boundary layer. An osmotic pressure model and a solution-diffusion model were used to quantify the solvent and solute flux through the porous membrane. The osmotic pressure model was modified by incorporating adsorption of dyes onto the membrane surface. The system had three components, namely, Cibacron Black and Cibacron Red and the salt as sodium chloride. The model had three parameters, namely, solute permeability of two dyes and sodium chloride through the membrane. These parameters were estimated by comparing the calculated and experimental data of permeate flux and permeate concentration. It was observed that membrane hydraulic resistance and the resistance due to concentration boundary layer were more significant. The calculated permeate flux was within ±20% of the experimental data. Values of resistance due to adsorption of dyes onto the membrane surface were calculated to be about 2 to 3% of total resistance and of those due to concentration boundary layer were about 47%.     

Treatment of Prehydrolysis Liquor from Pulp Mill using a Biological Route Followed by Reverse Osmosis

A new method, comprised of a biological treatment followed by membrane separation, has been suggested for the treatment of spent prehydrolysis liquor (PHL) from a rayon grade pulp mill. First, the PHL was treated biologically using the torula utilis strain for the conversion of sugar into yeast. Reductions of 57 % in the amount of total reducing sugar (TRS) and about 46 % in COD were achieved in the biological treatment step. A “shifting order type” rate equation, where the order shifts from (m–n) at high concentrations to m at lower concentrations, was found to predict the total reducing sugar with high accuracy. An ultracentrifuge was used to separate out the yeast formed during the biological treatment. The clarified biologically treated liquor was subjected to reverse osmosis (RO) to remove all the remaining solutes. The permeate obtained was observed to be of disposable/reusable grade (negligible COD and less than 0.9 mg/L sugar). An attempt was made to predict the permeate flux during reverse osmosis (RO) using an osmotic pressure model. Modified osmotic pressure and concentration polarization models were utilized for the estimation of the osmotic pressure of different concentrations of the PHL's solute constituents. Three different concentration parameters (TRS, COD, and Brix) were chosen to estimate the osmotic pressures. The prediction of the permeate flux by the combination of these models was found to be in good agreement with experimental flux values.     

Influence of colloidal fouling and feed water recovery on salt rejection of RO and NF membranes

The influence of colloidal fouling and feed water recovery (or concentration factor, CF) on salt rejection of thin-film composite reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes was investigated. Fouling experiments were carried out using a laboratory-scale crossflow test unit with continuous permeate disposal to simulate the CF and recovery as commonly observed in full-scale RO/NF systems. For feed waters containing only salt (NaCl), permeate flux declined linearly as CF was increased and salt rejection was nearly constant for both RO and NF membranes. On the other hand, a sharp decrease in permeate flux and significant decline in salt rejection with increasing CF were observed under conditions where colloidal fouling takes place. For both RO and NF membranes, the marked permeate flux decline was attributed to the so-called “cake-enhanced osmotic pressure”. The decline in salt rejection when colloidal fouling predominated was much more substantial for NF than for RO membranes. In all cases, the decline in salt rejection was higher under conditions of more severe colloidal fouling, namely at higher ionic strength and initial permeate flux.     

垃圾渗滤液生化出水絮凝-纳滤处理及过程机理

垃圾焚烧发电厂渗滤液是一种含高浓度腐殖酸类物质和高盐含量的复杂有机废水, 传统生化处理后仍难达标排放。本工作围绕垃圾渗滤液生化出水的特性, 开展了Ca(OH)₂絮凝、臭氧氧化预处理与NF处理相结合的处理工艺, 并对处理过程的机理进行了探讨。研究表明, 渗滤液生化出水经过Ca(OH)₂絮凝处理, 可以有效地去除其中的杂环类化合物。生化出水经8 g·L^-1的Ca(OH)₂絮凝处理后, 比MBR出水产水通量提高达8.2%。对Ca(OH)₂絮凝出水进行臭氧氧化处理, 虽然降低了它的COD, 但并未进一步提高其NF膜通量, 其主要原因可能是臭氧氧化生成的硅氧烷类物质造成了膜的污染;与RO处理垃圾渗滤液生化出水相比较, NF膜无法分离废水中的酮类、胺和酰胺类、杂环类化合物, 使得NF产水的COD处在100~160 mg·L^-1。NF平均膜通量的增大可导致产水COD略有上升;垃圾渗滤液生化出水及其预处理水在NF处理过程中, 都没有表现出严重的膜污染。     

Modeling of reverse osmosis flux of aqueous solution containing glucose

The aim of the paper is to model the permeate flux during reverse osmosis (RO) of a highly concentrated glucose solution using the osmotic pressure model. Such a model accounts for the effect of the concentration polarization phenomenon on the permeate flux. To apply this model the viscosity, the osmotic pressure of solution and the diffusion coefficient of glucose were estimated. Using mathematical simulation software, the values of mass transfer coefficient for different concentrations of glucose (5, 10, 15 and 20 wt%) and at different feed flow rate were determined. The experimental permeate flux values conducted on flat RO membranes (Type HR-99) agreed well with the values calculated by the osmotic pressure model, as shown by statistical analysis.     

An advanced treatment of high-strength opium alkaloid processing industry wastewaters with membrane technology: pretreatment, fouling and retention characteristics of membranes

This paper presents the results of the laboratory and pilot-scale membrane experiments of opium alkaloid processing industry effluents. Different types of ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were evaluated for membrane fouling, permeate flux and their suitability in separating COD, color and conductivity. Experiments demonstrated that membrane treatment is a very promising advanced treatment option for pollution control for opium alkaloid processing industry effluents. Almost complete color removal was achieved with NF and RO membranes. COD and conductivity removals were also greater than 95% and met the current local standards. Nevertheless, pretreatment was an important factor for the NF and RO membrane applications. Membrane fouling occurred with direct NF membrane applications without UF pretreatment. The total estimated cost of the UF and NF treatment system was calculated as $0.96/m³, excluding the concentrate disposal cost.     

N, O-羧甲基壳聚糖复合纳滤膜的制备及其对酒厂发酵废水的截留效果

N, O-carboxymethyl chitosan （NOCC） composite nanofiltration （NF） membranes were prepared by coating and cross-linking. The fermentation effluent from a wine factory was treated with the resulting NOCC/polysulfone （PSF） composite NF membranes. The permeate flux and the removal efficiencies of the resulting NF membranes for the color, chemical oxygen demand （CODcr）, total organic carbon （TOC）, and conductivity of the fermentation effluent were investigated in relation to the driving pressure, the feed flow, and the operation time. The permeate flux and the removal efficiencies were found to increase with the increase of the driving pressure or the feed flow. At 0.40 MPa and ambient temperature the removal efficiencies were 95.5%, 70.7%, 72.6%, and 31.6% for color, CODcr, TOC, and conductivity, respectively. The membrane was found to be stable over a 10-h ooeration for the fermentation effluent treatment.     

Benefits of High Shear Rate Dynamic Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis: A Review

Dynamic filtration permits to increase permeate flux and membrane selectivity, as compared to crossflow filtration. It consists in creating the shear rate by a disk rotating near the membrane or by rotating or vibrating the membrane, avoiding the need for large feed flow rates. The benefits of high shear rates are important in microfiltration and ultrafiltration, but they are even larger in nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO). The reduction in concentration polarization by high shear rate can increase the permeate flux by a ratio of 3 to 5 as compared to a spiral wound module and augments also solutes rejection as their diffusive transfer through the membrane is reduced by a factor of 4 to 5. This paper describes available dynamic filtration modules suitable for NF and RO and reviews the treatment of dairy effluents, desalination, oil emulsions, and oligosaccharides recovery using a rotating disk module or a VSEP module with vibrating membranes and compares their performances with those of crossflow filtration. These examples confirm the high potential of dynamic NF and RO when operated at high shear rate and high TMP. The availability of large rotating NF ceramic membrane disks could permit the fabrication of highly efficient modules.     

Application of reverse osmosis to automotive electrocoat paint wastewater recycling

Field and bench-scale reverse osmosis experiments on wastewater derived from automotive electrocoat paint operations are reported. Field experiments were performed continuously over a six-month interval using a reverse osmosis unit equipped with cellulose acetate membranes. An operating pressure of 3100 kPa (450 psi) and a temperature of 24–27°C was maintained. These RO experiments were unusual for two reasons. First, certain solutes in the feedwater were allowed to permeate through the membrane along with water. This was done to permit solute recycling and reuse. Since these solutes (ethyl, butyl and hexyl glycol ethers) were present in a 3% total concentration in the feedstream, their permeation through the membrane eliminated a flux reduction mechanism. This would arise from the increased upstream osmotic pressure if these solutes were concentrated. Second, the experiments were performed under conditions where colloidal lead was present. This caused limited membrane fouling which was controlled via weekly cleaning with dilute lactic acid. Some supporting bench-scale RO experiments were carried out to probe factors influencing this RO application.     

Membrane processes for water reuse from the effluent of industrial park wastewater treatment plant: a study on flux and fouling of membrane

Both the relationship between the flux and the fouling mechanism of ultrafiltration (UF) membrane and the effects of pretreatment before reverse osmosis (RO) process on the treatment of the effluent of industrial park wastewater treatment plant (IPWTP) were investigated to examine the application of membrane processes on the water reuse treatment. For the former, the flux data was first fitted to the Hermia model to give the implication of the fouling mechanism. Then, the fouling mechanism was further identified with the aid of the SEM morphology of membrane surfaces. For the latter, the changes of both water characteristics (turbidity, TOC, conductivity, particle size distribution, and organic solute molecular weight) and membrane properties (surface zeta potential and surface morphology) before and after the treatment of membrane processes were measured. It was found that the major blocking mechanisms of UF membrane process at initial and final stage were standard blocking of pore (causing from colloid materials) and cake blocking of pore (causing from suspended particles), respectively. On the other hand, it was concluded that the permeate from 1 μm/UF/RO process was suitable for the reuse of cooling water and low pressure boiler water.     

FLUX ENHANCEMENT USING FLOW REVERSAL IN ULTRAFILTRATION

ABSTRACT

The effect of flow reversal on permeate flux in cross-flow ultrafiltration of bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been investigated experimentally. BSA is a well-studied model solute in membrane filtration known for its fouling and concentration polarization capabilities. Ultrafiltration experiments were performed with BSA feed solutions in a hollow-fiber membrane module. The BSA feed concentrations ranged from 0.01 to 5 wt% and were ultrafiltered at a transmembrane pressure of 20 psia. Permeate flux was determined both with and without the use of flow reversal for each concentration. The experimental results indicate that under flow reversal conditions, the permeate flux is enhanced significantly when compared with runs without flow reversal. The effect of flow reversal on flux enhancement is very pronounced for dilute BSA solutions.     

不同交联剂对PDMS/PVDF纳滤膜溶剂回收性能的影响

以聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)为分离层材料,聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)超滤膜为底膜,采用正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)、苯基三甲氧基硅烷(PTMOS)、辛基三甲氧基硅烷(OTMOS)、γ-氨基丙基三乙氧基硅烷(APTEOS)4种不同的交联剂对PDMS进行交联,制备了PDMS/PVDF纳滤膜。采用接触角、红外谱图、扫描电镜等对膜的物理和化学结构进行了分析和表征。以大豆油/己烷混合油为实验体系,考察了压力和料液浓度对纳滤膜分离性能的影响。结果表明,纳滤膜的通量随压力线性增长,截留率初始随压力上升较快,随后增幅减慢而趋于稳定。随料液浓度的增加,纳滤膜的通量和截留率都有较大幅度的下降。相比较而言,以TEOS为交联剂所制得的纳滤膜分离性能最佳。大豆油/己烷混合油体系同水溶液体系的渗透特性类似,其渗透压可用van't Hoff方程计算。     

印染废水深度处理中纳滤和反渗透工艺的比较

采用纳滤和反渗透两种膜工艺对印染厂处理出水进行深度处理,以达到废水减排、再生回用的目的,主要考察膜性能、处理效果及经济性等方面的状况.结果表明,在性能方面,与反渗透膜相比,纳滤膜在较低压力下即可获得较高的通量,NF-2和NF-2#产水COD分别为150～180 mg/L和120～130 mg/L,产水电导率分别为2 900～3 200 μS/cm和2 000～2 300μS/cm.反渗透产水水质较好,COD可达到5 mg/L以下,BW30和CPA2的产水电导率分别稳定在38 μS/cm和63μS/cm.虽然对一价离子的去除率差异较大,但两种膜工艺对Mg2+、Ca2+等工业循环回用水中最关注离子的去除率相当.在经济性方面,反渗透和纳滤处理成本分别为1.82元/m3和1.53元/m3.膜工艺的经济优势相当明显.     

A Study on Concentration Polarization in Ultrafiltration

Abstract

A finite-difference solution of coupled transport equations for momentum and solute continuity is presented to model the concentration polarization in a tubular ultrafiltration (UF) system. The model includes the effects of solute osmotic pressure and solute rejection at the membrane surface, axial pressure drop and resistance of the gel layer. This provides a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of various operating parameters on concentration polarization and transmembrane flux. Simulation results are presented for a wide range of operating variables to show their effects on local variation of solute concentration and transmembrane flux. The numerical results were also compared with previously published experimental data, which shows that a concentration polarization model based on constant membrane permeability (usually obtained from pure water flux data) grossly overestimates the flux behavior. If the effect of gel polarization is included, the model can predict the actual permeate flux very closely. Thus, in modeling ultrafiltration, one needs to be careful in using the appropriate membrane permeability terms. The commonly used intrinsic membrane permeability which is usually a constant, may not describe the true flux behavior in ultrafiltration. Actually the nature of the feed, solute-surface interaction and gel layer formation control the effective permeability, which varies axially along the membrane length.     

Recovery and recycle of tannins in the leather industry by nanofiltration membranes

The aim of this work was the study of the application of membrane concentration to exhausted tanning baths from vegetable tannage operations in order to increase the tannin/non‐tannin (T/NT) ratio and obtain recyclable material. For this purpose four samples of tanning baths at different T/NT ratios (from 0.7 to 1.4) were processed using six different types of membranes which ranged from reverse osmosis (RO) to nanofiltration (NF). The membrane module Fluid Systems TFC S 2540 gave the best results in terms of permeate flux and also in terms of increased T/NT ratio in the retentate (from 1.4 to 1.7). In order to compare the permeate flux reduction with time (J_t) for the different modules, the osmotic pressure differences (Δπ) between permeate and retentate were estimated by electrical conductivity measures. The fouling phenomena for the different membranes in the processing of each sample were evaluated by comparing the pressures required to obtain the same VRF (volume reduction factor), NPF (normalized permeate flux) and membrane performances with tap water before and after tannin concentration. The retention of tannins, which are polyphenols capable of significant hydrogen bonding, was found to be governed by the chemistry of the interactions between their complexes and the polyamide membrane material. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry