Ozone Cooling Tower Treatment With and Without Mineral Removal

This paper builds on a prior paper by this author, McGrane (1991). In that paper, ozone is used as the sole means of cooling tower water treatment. The paper discusses water conservation by increased cycles of concentration, greatly increased efficiency through extremely low biological populations, and corrosion data which is compared to ozonated and chemically treated towers.

New in this paper are the results from the combination of a low pressure reverse osmosis system with ozone treatment for cooling tower water. Scale formation has continued to plague cooling towers with high concentrations of calcium in the make-up water. The use of a mineral removal system in cases of extremely hard water has made ozone an attractive alternative to traditional chemicals in many areas.     

气体分离膜综述

介绍了一种新兴的化工单元操作-气体膜分离，对膜分离器及其应用产生的效益进行了阐述，并展望了今后的发展方向。     

基于PLC变频控制系统在反渗透海水淡化装置中的应用

介绍了以西门子S72400为核心的变频控制系统在反渗透海水淡化装置中的应用,给出了控制系统的工作原理、硬件集成和软件设计方法。     

渗透蒸发的原理和应用（下）

本文介绍一种新的膜分离技术－渗透蒸发的原理和特点，及操作条件对分离性质的影响，并对其关键构件和设备即渗蒸发膜和渗透池作了专门叙述，结合具体实例从有机溶剂的脱水及水溶液中回收有机溶剂两个方面介绍了该技术在工业上应用的效果。     

Ozonation of N-Nitrosamines in the Reverse Osmosis Concentrate from Water Recycling Applications

This study aims to evaluate the performance of ozone treatment for removing N-nitrosamines from reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate in water recycling applications. In the absence of any N-nitrosamine precursors, the destruction efficiency of N-nitrosamines was dependent on their molecular weight or the length of the alkyl chain in their molecular structure. Experiments conducted with RO concentrate showed that ozonation could lead to the formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA), resulting in an increase in concentrations of these N-nitrosamines. Nevertheless, ozonation was effective for destruction of N-nitrosamines with molecular weight greater than that of NDEA (102 g/mol).     

Removal of N-Nitrosamines and Their Precursors by Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Rejection of selected N-nitrosamines, a group of probable human carcinogens, and their precursors by nanofiltration (NF) and brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) membranes was evaluated using a bench-scale cross-flow filtration apparatus. The tested nitrosamines included N-nitrosodimethylamine, N-nitrosomethylethylamine, N-nitrosopyrrolidine, N-nitrosodiethylamine, N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine, and N-nitrosodi-n-butylamine. The target nitrosamine precursors included secondary amines such as dimethylamine, methylethylamine, diethylamine, and dipropylamine. Rejection of nitrosamines varied greatly depending on the tested membranes (9–75% for NF membranes and 54–97% for BWRO membranes) and the molecular weight of nitrosamines. Experimental data obtained with the BWRO membranes matched well with an irreversible thermodynamic model coupled with film theory. The model further suggested that effective diffusion of nitrosamines through the BWRO membranes is responsible for the relatively low rejections observed experimentally, and the aqueous diffusivity of nitrosamines could be used as an accurate measure of nitrosamine permeability through these membranes. The steady-state rejection of all the tested nitrosamine precursors reached over 98%. This study suggests that a strategy for membrane-based water treatment processes to reduce nitrosamines should consider the removal of precursors before nitrosamines are formed during subsequent disinfection and water distribution.     

Techno-economic evaluation of membrane filtration for the recovery and re-use of tanning chemicals

The majority of pollution generated from leather manufacturing can be contributed to the inefficiency of chemical use in leather processing and to organic substances derived from the hides during processing. In particular, the overall tanning processes performed in drums can be characterized by a high consumption of water and chemicals, most of which are found in the final wastewater. To ensure full penetration and reaction of chemicals with collagen, chemicals are added in excess and are only partly up-taken by the leather. Significant savings of chemicals can be achieved by recovery and recycling of chemicals and water from part streams, thus reducing environmental impacts.This research formed an integrated approach to investigate and exploit the potential of a closed loop operation for various part streams of tanneries. Each of the process streams was separately collected, treated and purified by membrane technologies to obtain a recyclable liquor which can be re-used operationally. In this way a complete recovery of process liquors can be achieved for immediate operational re-use.Membrane technology has been applied to recover chemicals from un-hairing, vegetable tanning, chrome liquors and to polish saline part streams for re-use. By applying membrane filtration up to 90% of the treated liquors can be recovered giving a remaining concentrate volume of only 10%. The permeate obtained from several process areas contained to a high extent chemicals, which were re-used for leather processing.     

反渗透技术在废水处理中应用的研究进展

反渗透技术是一种高效、易操作的液体分离技术,同传统的废水处理方法相比具有处理效果好,可实现废水的循环利用和对有用物质回收等优点。文章简要介绍了反渗透技术的基本原理,重点介绍了反渗透技术在垃圾渗滤液、矿区污水、钢铁工业废水、电厂废水处理中的应用研究进展状况。并讨论了反渗透膜技术的预处理、反渗透膜污染及清洗和反渗透技术的发展前景。     

COD and AOX Removal and Biodegradability Assessment for Fenton and O3/UV Oxidation Processes: A Case Study from a Graphical Industry Wastewater

Due to process stability and excellent effluent quality, the use of membrane processes is rapidly expanding. However, a drawback is the production of concentrates and their proper disposal. In this study, reverse osmosis concentrate was treated by Fenton and O₃/UV oxidation processes. The concentrate contains halogenated compounds, recalcitrant COD and low biodegradability. The removal of halogenated compounds and the enhancement of biodegradability were examined. Comparing the investigated processes, Fenton oxidation resulted in a better mineralization of organic matter; however, O₃/UV oxidation achieved a better enhancement of the biodegradability. Furthermore, similar degradation of halogenated compounds were observed for both oxidation processes.     

Effect of Sugar Pretreatment on Quality of Dehydrated Cabbage

To reduce the cost of osmotic treatment with glucose and fructose in production of dehydrated cabbage, use of a low-price additive, namely, high-maltose syrup, as an osmotic agent was investigated. The results showed that high-maltose syrup had more efficient dehydration and osmosis capability than fructose. Effect of additives on drying rate at 80 and 65°C was also investigated. Osmotic pretreatment with high-maltose syrup was helpful in reducing energy consumption and for enhancement of the drying rate.