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Fouling behavior of dissolved organic matter in nanofiltration membranes from a pilot-scale drinking water treatment plant: An autopsy study

Author(s)
Chon, KangminCho, Jaeweon
Issued Date
2016-07
DOI
10.1016/j.cej.2016.03.057
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/18941
Fulltext
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894716303096
Citation
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v.295, pp.268 - 277
Abstract
This study investigated the fouling behavior and mechanisms of nanofiltration (NF) membranes fed with surface water pre-treated using a combined coagulation and microfiltration (CC-MF) process in a pilot-scale drinking water treatment plant through membrane autopsies and characterization of the desorbed foulants. The CC-MF process removed hydrophobic DOM components preferentially and mitigated biofouling of the NF membranes efficiently. This clearly shows that the fouling characteristics of the NF membranes can be influenced by the CC-MF process. The fouling formation of the NF membranes was dominated by chemically removable DOM components primarily consisting of hydrophilic fractions and inorganic scaling. However, the surfaces of the fouled NF membrane (contact angle = 65°) were more hydrophobic than those of the virgin NF membrane (contact angle = 57°). This is attributed to the differences in the fouling behavior of hydrophobic and hydrophilic DOM components in relation to the surface features of the NF membranes (i.e., surface zeta potential and contact angle). The initial formation of organic fouling layers on the NF membranes surfaces was caused by deposition of hydrophilic DOM components, which can decrease electrostatic repulsive forces between humic substances and the negatively charged NF membrane surfaces by reducing the negative surface zeta potential. Therefore, hydrophobic DOM components accumulated more readily onto the NF membrane surfaces. The covering hydrophilic organic fouling layers with hydrophobic fractions may intensify the subsequent adsorption of hydrophobic DOM components on the NF membrane surfaces by increasing the contact angle.
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
ISSN
1385-8947
Keyword (Author)
Dissolved organic matterDrinking water treatment plantMembrane autopsyNanofiltrationCombined coagulation and microfiltration process
Keyword
REVERSE-OSMOSIS MEMBRANESDISK FILTRATION PROCESSCOMBINED COAGULATIONULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANESHYBRID SYSTEMRECLAMATIONREMOVALNFMICROFILTRATIONPRETREATMENT

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