Assessment of fouling behaviour in submerged microfiltration system coupled with flocculation

M. Pradhan; S. Vigneswaran; J. Kandasamy

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.21, 254-260, January, 2015

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2014.02.032 Export Citation

Assessment of fouling behaviour in submerged microfiltration system coupled with flocculation

M. Pradhan, S. Vigneswaran^†, and J. Kandasamy

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

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Microfiltration coupled with flocculation has the potential to remove colloidal and dissolved matter and hence mitigate membrane fouling. This study investigates the effects of flocculation on the performance of submerged membrane microfiltration of kaolin suspension. The addition of the flocculent (ferric chloride: FeCl3) demonstrated better control of colloidal membrane fouling. The experimental results showed that trans-membrane pressure (TMP) development at optimal flocculent concentration was significantly less than it was with an unflocculated feed. In the case of 30 L/m2/h, TMP was reduced by 85% with optimumconcentration of flocculent. A regression analysis conducted between cake resistance and particle deposition showed a low specific cake resistance with flocculent addition.

Keywords:Membrane filtration;Microfiltration;In-line coagulation;Fouling

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[Referenced By]

[1] Matsumoto Y, Nakao S, Kimura S, International Chemical Engineering, 28, 677 (1988)

[2] Haberkamp J, Ruhl AS, Ernst M, Jekel M, Water Research, 41, 3794 (2007)

[3] Lee WN, Chang IS, Hwang BK, Park PK, Lee CH, Huang X, Process Biochemistry, 42, 655 (2007)

[4] Wickramasinghe SR, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 77, 287 (1999)

[5] Huisman IH, Tragardh G, Tragardh C, Chem. Eng. Sci., 54(2), 281 (1999)

[6] Tanaka T, Kamimura R, Fujiwara R, Nakanishi K, Biotechnol. Bioeng., 43(11), 1094 (1994)

[7] Belfort G, Davis RH, Zydney AL, J. Membr. Sci., 96(1-2), 1 (1994)

[8] Redondo JA, Lomax I, Desalination, 136(1-3), 287 (2001)

[9] Tchobanoglous G, Burton FL, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse, 3rd ed., MaGraw-Hill Inc., New York (1991)

[10] Almalack MH, Anderson GK, J. Membr. Sci., 121(1), 59 (1996)

[11] Chapman H, Vigneswaran S, Ngo HH, Dyer S, Ben Aim R, Desalination, 146(1-3), 367 (2002)

[12] Peuchot MM, Ben Aim R, Journal of Membrane Science, 68, 241 (1992)

[13] Kim JS, Akeprathumchai S, Wickramasinghe SR, J. Membr. Sci., 182(1-2), 161 (2001)

[14] Wickramasinghe SR, Wu YL, Han BB, Desalination, 147(1-3), 25 (2002)

[15] Fan F, Zhou H, Husain H, Water Environment Research, 79, 952 (2007)

[16] Cho MH, Lee CH, Lee S, Desalination, 191(1-3), 386 (2006)

[17] Gippel C, Hydrological Processes, 9, 83 (1995)

[18] Mietton M, Aim RB, Journal of Membrane Science, 68, 241 (1992)

[19] Wiesner MR, Tarabara V, Cortalezzi M, Water Science and Technology, 51, 345 (2005)

[20] Morel FMM, Hering JG, Principles and Applications of Aquatic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1993)