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http://dx.doi.org/10.14579/MEMBRANE_JOURNAL.2020.30.2.131

Effect of Inorganic Particles on Organic Fouling in Pressurized Membrane Filtration  

Jang, Hoseok (Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Jeonghwan (Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University)
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Membrane Journal / v.30, no.2, 2020 , pp. 131-137 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, effect of inorganic particles on organic fouling was investigated by a laboratory-scaled pressurized membrane filtration. In order to cause organic fouling, sodium alginate (SA) was used as a feed solution. Regardless of the presence of inorganic SiO2 particles, the complete pore blocking played an important role in determining the fouling rate during the initial period of membrane filtration. However, the formation of cake layer resulted in the membrane fouling more dominantly as filtration time progressed. In the presence of inorganic particles, both specific cake resistance and compressibility associated with the membrane fouling formed were relatively lower than that without SiO2 particles. Membrane fouling was more severe at constant flux mode of filtration than that observed at constant pressure mode probably due to the concomitant increase of compressibility of fouling layer with transmembrane pressure (TMP). It was found that the presence of SA and SiO2 particles in feed solution provided the synergistic effect on the hydraulic backwashing to reduce membrane fouling as compared to the SA solution alone without the inorganic particles.
Keywords
pressurized membrane filtration; organic fouling; inorganic particles; hydraulic cleaning;
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