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Application of Capillary Polypropylene Membranes for Microfiltration of Oily Wastewaters: Experiments and Modeling
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Tomczak, Wirginia Gryta, Marek |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Oily wastewaters are considered as one of the most dangerous types of environmental pollution. In the present study, the microfiltration (MF) process of model emulsions and real oily wastewaters was investigated. For this purpose, capillary polypropylene (PP) membranes were used. The experiments were conducted under transmembrane pressure (TMP) and feed flow rate $(V_{F}$) equal to 0.05 MPa and 0.5 m/s, respectively. It was found that the used membranes ensured a high-quality permeate with turbidity equal to about 0.4 NTU and oil concentration of 7–15 mg/L. As expected, a significant decrease in the MF process performance was noted. However, it is shown that the initial decline of permeate flux could be slightly increased by increasing the feed temperature from 25 °C to 50 °C. Furthermore, Hermia’s models were used to interpret the fouling phenomenon occurring in studied experiments. It was determined that cake formation was the dominant fouling mechanism during filtration of both synthetic and real feeds. Through detailed studies, we present different efficient methods of membrane cleaning. Results, so far, are very encouraging and may have an important impact on increasing the use of polypropylene MF membranes in oily wastewater treatments. |
| Starting Page | 35 |
| e-ISSN | 20796439 |
| DOI | 10.3390/fib9060035 |
| Journal | Fibers |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-06-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fibers Water Science and Technology Chemical Membrane Cleaning Fouling Analysis Model Emulsion Polypropylene Membrane Microfiltration Real Oily Wastewater |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
