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Fouling and cleaning protocols for forward osmosis membrane used for radioactive wastewater treatment

  • Liu, Xiaojing (Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University) ;
  • Wu, Jinling (Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University) ;
  • Hou, Li-an (Xi'an High Technology Institute) ;
  • Wang, Jianlong (Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University)
  • Received : 2019.03.22
  • Accepted : 2019.08.10
  • Published : 2020.03.25
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Abstract

The membrane fouling is an important problem for FO applied to the radioactive wastewater treatment. The FO fouling characteristics for simulated radioactive wastewater treatment was investigated. On-line cleaning by deionized (DI) water and external cleaning by ultrasound and HCl were applied for the fouled membrane. The effectiveness and foulant removing amount by each-step cleaning were evaluated. The membrane fouling was divided into three stages. Co(II), Sr(II), Cs(I), Na(I) were all found deposited on both active and support layers of the membrane surface, resulting in membrane surface became rougher and more hydrophobic, which increased membrane resistance. On-line cleaning by DI water recovered the water flux to 69%. HCl removed more foulants than ultrasound.

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