• 상하수도학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2020

This study was aimed to examine inorganic fouling and fouling reduction method in direct contact membrane distillation(DCMD) process. Synthetic seawater of NaCl solution with CaCO₃ and CaSO₄ was used for this purpose. It was found in this study that both CaCO₃ and CaSO₄ precipitates formed at the membrane surface. More fouling was observed with CaSO₄(anhydrite) and CaSO₄·0.5H₂O(bassanite) than CaSO₄·2H₂O(gypsum). CaCO₃ and gypsum were detected at the membrane surface when concentrates of SWRO(seawater reverse osmosis) were treated by the DCMD process, while gypsum was found with MED(multi effect distillation) concentrates. Air backwash(inside to out) was found more effective in fouling reduction than air scouring.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2017

This study investigated effects of physical and chemical cleaning methods on the initial flux recovery of fouled membrane in membrane distillation process. A laboratory scale direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) experiment was performed to treat digested livestock wastewater with 3.89 mg/L suspended solids, 874.7 mg/L COD, 543.7 mg/L nitrogen, 15.6 mg/L total phosphorus, and pH of 8.6. A hydrophobic PVDF membrane with an average pore size of $0.22{\mu}m$ and a porosity of 75 % was installed inside a direct contact type membrane distillation module. The temperature difference between feed and permeate side was maintained at $40^{\circ}C$ with the feed and permeate stream velocity of 0.18 m/s. The results showed that the permeate flux decreased from $22.1L{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}hr^{-1}$ to $19.0L{\cdot}m^{-2}{\cdot}hr^{-1}$ after 75 hours of distillation. The fouled membrane was cleaned first by physical flushing and consecutively by chemicals with NaOCl and citric acid. After the physical cleaning the flux was recovered to 92 % as compared with the initial clean water flux of the virgin membrane. Then 94 % of the flux was recovered after cleaning by 2,000 ppm NaOCl for 90 minutes and finally 97 % of flux recovered after 3 % citric acid for 90 minutes. SEM-EDS and FT-IR analysis results presented that the foulants on the membrane surface were removed effectively after each cleaning step. The contact angle measurement showed that the hydrophobicity of the membrane surface was also restored gradually after each cleaning step to reach nearly the same hydrophobicity level as the virgin membrane.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2022

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) flat sheet hydrophobic membranes were prepared using 16 wt% PVDF in Dimethyl acetamide (DMAc) by phase inversion technique for desalination application using Membrane Distillation (MD). In this work, the effect of coagulation mediums such as ethanol and water as well their synergistic behavior on the fabricated PVDF membrane morphology was studied using SEM. Moreover, other characteristics required for the membrane distillation applications namely porosity, hydrophobicity and tensile strength were measured using the gravimetric method, sessile drop method and universal testing machine respectively. It was observed that the membrane morphology paradigm shifted from the finger-like structure to the sponge-like structure on increasing the ethanol concentration in coagulant. The porosity of the fabricated membrane was under the required MD range and found to be 57.3% at 16 weight % of PVDF in DMAc solvent under a pure ethanol coagulant bath. Moreover, the top surface contact angle ranges from 85° to 115° on increasing the bath concentration from CBC 0 to CBC 100 at 16 weight % of PVDF in DMAc solvent.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2023

Background: The purpose of this study is to purify uranium (U[VI])-contaminated soil-flushing effluent using the precipitation-distillation process for clearance. Precipitation and distillation are commonly used techniques for water treatment. We propose using a combination of these methods for the simple and effective removal of U(VI) ions from soil-flushing effluents. In addition, the U concentration (Bq/g) of solid waste generated in the proposed treatment process was analyzed to confirm whether it satisfies the clearance level. Materials and Methods: Uranium-contaminated soil was decontaminated by soil-flushing using 0.5 M sulfuric acid. The soil-flushing effluent was treated with sodium hydroxide powder to precipitate U(VI) ions, and the remaining U(VI) ions were removed by phosphate addition. The effluent from which U(VI) ions were removed was distilled for reuse as a soil-flushing eluent. Results and Discussion: The purification method using the precipitation-distillation process proposed in this study effectively removes U(VI) ions from U-contaminated soil-flushing effluent. In addition, most of the solid waste generated in the purification process satisfied the clearance level. Conclusion: The proposed purification process is considered to have potential as a soil-flushing effluent treatment method to reduce the amount of radioactive waste generated.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.7-16
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• 1989

토양(土壤), 수(水), 농작물(農作物)중 잔류(殘留)하는 각종(各種) 농약(農藥)의 분석(分析)을 위한 수증기증류법(水蒸氣蒸溜法)의 응용성(應用性) 및 정밀도(精密度)등에 대하여 연구검토(硏究檢討)하였다. 수증기증류(水蒸氣蒸溜)에 의하여 추출(抽出)이 가능(可能)했던 농약(農藥)은 PCNB, ${\alpha}-BHC$, ${\beta}-endosulfan$, IBP, diazinon, fenitrothion, fenthion, alachlor, butachlor, pretilachlor, metolachlor, pendimethalin, benthiocarb, molinate등이었으며 simazine, atrazine, nitrofen등은 불가능(不可能)하였다. 농약(農藥)의 증류(蒸溜)까지 요(要)하는 유출액양(溜出液量)은 농약(農藥)의 종류(種類)에 따라 크게 달랐으며, 일정량(一定量)의 유출액(溜出液)을 취(取)한 후 냉각관(冷却管)을 acetone으로 씻어 줌으로써 증류시간(蒸溜時間)을 단축(短縮)시킬 수 있었다. 수증기증류법(水蒸氣蒸溜法)은 소량(小量)의 유기용매(有機溶媒)로 농약(農藥)의 추출(抽出)이 가능(可能)했으며, 분석대상물질(分析對象物質)에 따라서는 기기분석시(機器分析時) 방해물질(妨害物質)이 검정(檢定)되기는 했지만 많은 경우 농축(濃縮)과 정제과정(精製過程)을 생략(省略)할 수도 있어 매우 유용(有用)한 방법(方法)이라 하겠다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.223-236
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• 2013

The paper presents an experimental set-up for osmotic membrane distillation, which can be operated continuously for several weeks. NaCl solutions were used as an osmotic solution. The influence of osmotic solution concentration on the obtained permeate flux is presented. The experimental set-up was equipped with a system for the regeneration of dilute brine. The regeneration was carried out using a method of natural evaporation to the air surrounding the installation. The evaporation area was created by the Białecki rings, assembled in the form of tower. The obtained evaporation rate was sufficient to maintain a constant NaCl concentration (over 300 g/L), for air with the relative humidity in the range of 30-80%. Accurel PP S6/2 hydrophobic polypropylene membranes were used in the study. The membranes exhibited 100% rejection for 600 h of the process duration.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.503-510
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• 2008

This research is related to the process of refining the raw material, industrial 2-propanone to the 2-propanone of the electronic grade. With this view, the high purity of 2-propanone was obtained through the complex preprocessing(physical adsorption method), distillation process and membrane-filtration of distillate. Impurities were identified by GC and UV, and then we assayed the water content in 2-propanone passing adsorption step made of activated carbon and Zeolite 4A. Furthermore, the distillation was performed with the packed column distillation apparatus to eliminate impurities such as acetaldehyde. Particulates were removed by reduced-pressure filtration through $0.5{\mu}m$ membrane filter and the number of the particulates was measured by particulate counter to confirm the removal of impure particles.

• 멤브레인
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.216-222
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• 2015

막증류(membrane distillation, MD)용 분리막의 장기 내구성능에 영향을 미치는 인자인 소수성 분리막의 젖음 현상에 대한 평가 지표로 사용되는 액체투과압력(liquid entry pressure, LEP) 측정 방법을 최적화하였다. PE (polyethylene) 분리막 및 PVDF (polyvinylidene di-fluoride) 중공사 분리막의 LEP를 측정하기 위하여 20 wt%의 고농도 염수를 제조하여 원수로 사용하고 투과수의 전도도를 모니터링하였다. PE와 PVDF 중공사 분리막의 신뢰성 있는 LEP 측정을 위해서는 5 min 이상의 holing time을 두고 주입 압력을 증가시켜야 하며, 증류수 수조의 물량대비 분리막의 면적비 또한 $10m^2/m^3$ 이상으로 부여되어야 함을 확인하였다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.435-445
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• 2018

In this work, desalination experiments were performed on vacuum membrane distillation (VMD). Process parameters such as feed flow rate, vacuum degree on permeate side, feed bulk temperature and feed salt concentration were optimized using sensitivity analysis and Taguchi method. The optimum values of process parameters were found to be 2 lpm of feed flow rate, $60^{\circ}C$ of feed bulk temperature, 5.5 kPa of permeate-side pressure and 5000 ppm of salt concentration. The permeate flux at these conditions was obtained as $26.6kg/m^2{\cdot}hr$. The rejection of salt in permeate was found to be 99.7%. The percent contribution of various process parameters using ANOVA results indicated that the most important parameter is feed bulk temperature with its contribution of 95%. The ANOVA results indicate that the percent contribution of permeate pressure gets increased to 5.384% in the range of 2 to 7 kPa as compared to 0.045% in the range of 5.5 to 7 kPa.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.107-116
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• 1986

새로이 개발된 망상구조 충전탑에서의 중수증류성능해석 및 설계를 위한 정상 및 비정상상태 모델을 수립하였다. 정상상태 모델은 MESH 방정식에 각단의 압력강하를 고려하여 설정하고, Equation Tearing방법으로 그 해를 구하여 중수중류탄내의 농도, 온도 및 압력구배를 얻었다. 비정상상태 거동해석을 위하여 Cohen의 이상단 모델을 수정한 평형단 전이모델을 세웠으며, 그 모델식의 해석적 해를 구함으로써 시간에 따른 중수 농축과정을 예측할 수 있게 되었다. 설정된 모델들은 전환류 중수증류탑에서의 실험결과와 매우 잘 일치하였으며 개발된 충전물임이 높은 이론단수에 낮은 압력강하, 저체류량을 갖는 우수한 중수농축용 충전물임이 확인되었다.