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Review of Basics Reverse Osmosis Process Modeling: A New Combined Fouling Index Proposed

역삼투 공정을 위한 모델링 총설 및 새로운 복합적 막오염도의 제안

  • Kim, Albert S. (Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa)
  • Received : 2017.08.28
  • Accepted : 2017.08.29
  • Published : 2017.08.31
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Abstract

Seawater desalination is currently considered to be one of the primary technologies to resolve the global water scarcity problem. A basic understanding of membrane filtration phenomena is significant not only for further technological development but also for integrated design, optimal control, and long-term maintenance. In this vein, the present work reviews the major transport and filtration models, specifically related to reverse osmosis phenomena, provides theoretical insights based on statistical mechanics, and discusses model-based physical meanings as related to their practical implications.

해수담수화는 최근 전 세계적으로 대두되고 있는 물부족 현상을 해결하기 위한 최적 기술 중 하나이다. 막분리 및 투과 현상의 근본적인 이해는 차후의 막여과 기술의 발전을 위해서 뿐만 아니라, 현재 막기술 증진을 위한 통합적 디자인, 최적화 제어법, 그리고 중장기적 유지관리를 위해서도 매우 중요하다. 이에, 본 연구는 물질 전달 및 여과 현상에 대한 기존의 주요 모델들을 상세히 재검토하고, 통계물리학에 근간하여 주요 막분리 현상들을 이론적으로 분석하며, 원천적 모델에 기초한 물리적 의미와 그들이 실제 막공정에서 미치는 영향들에 대해서 함축적으로 토의하고자 한다. 이론적 재검토의 과정에서 새로이 유도된 복합적 막오염도(Combined Fouling Index (CFI))의 소개도 포함한다.

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