Effects of Viscosity on Submerged Membrane Microfiltration Systems.

airflow cake resistance membrane filtration membrane fouling permeate flux transmembrane pressure (TMP) viscosity

Journal

Membranes
ISSN: 2077-0375
Titre abrégé: Membranes (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101577807

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Aug 2022
Historique:
received: 12 07 2022
revised: 09 08 2022
accepted: 12 08 2022
entrez: 25 8 2022
pubmed: 26 8 2022
medline: 26 8 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Submerged microfiltration has a wide range of applications in water and wastewater treatment. Membrane fouling is a major problem, resulting in a severe decline in flux, high energy consumption and frequent membrane cleaning and replacement. The effect of viscosity was not previously studied under controlled conditions to relate it to the air scour. Hence, this study investigated the effect of viscosity on membrane fouling during the operation of submerged membrane microfiltration by adding predetermined amounts of glycerol to a kaolin clay suspension. The addition of glycerol increased the viscosity (from 0.001 to 0.003 Pa·s), resulting in a 3-fold higher transmembrane pressure (TMP) development. An increased airflow (air scour) rate by 3 fold (from 0.6 m

Identifiants

pubmed: 36005695
pii: membranes12080780
doi: 10.3390/membranes12080780
pmc: PMC9413319
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Muna Pradhan (M)

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Ultimo, NSW 2127, Australia.
BMB Engineers, P.O. Box 7842, Baulkhan Hills, NSW 2153, Australia.

Md Abu Hasan Johir (MAH)

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Ultimo, NSW 2127, Australia.

Jaya Kandasamy (J)

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Ultimo, NSW 2127, Australia.

Harsha Ratnaweera (H)

Faculty of Sciences & Technology (RealTek), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway.

Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran (S)

Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), P.O. Box 123, Ultimo, NSW 2127, Australia.
Faculty of Sciences & Technology (RealTek), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway.

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