Enhanced or reduced concentration polarization by membrane fouling in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) processes |
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학술지명 The 2nd International Desalination Workshop
저자 Sarp Sarper,조재원,이승윤,김충환,김수한,이은경
발표일 2008-10-08
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Fouling affects salt rejection in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) processes with two different mechanisms. First, salt concentration in permeate generally increases with flux decline because pure water flux decline rate is higher than salt flux decline rate. Second, salt mass transfer can be altered inside the fouling layer structure to result in cake enhanced concentration polarization (CECP) or cake reduced concentration polarization (CRCP). These two effects of fouling on salt rejection in SWRO processes were studied through a lab-scale membrane filtration test. Seawater was taken from Masan Bay, South Korea and foulants such as humic acid (HA), sodium alginate (SA), and silica nanoparticle (S120; particle diameter = 120 nm), were added to the seawater for the rapid fouling test. All the test conditions except model foulant were controlled equally. |