역삼투 공정 파울링 인자로서 SDI에 대한 고찰 |
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학술지명 대한상하수도학회
저자 임재림,강석형,김충환,김수한
발표일 2010-12-31
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Silt Density Index (SDI) has been used as a fouling index for reverse osmosis (RO) processes for decades. In order to decrease RO fouling, feed water should meet SDI standard, which was used to select a proper pretreatment system for RO processes. However, SDI is supposed to be sensitive only to particles lager than 0.45 μm in terms of diameters while nanoparticles and dissolved organic matter can be potent foulants for RO processes. Our study started from the suspected performance of SDI as a RO fouling index. SDI data from pilot plants located world wide including South Korea were collected and analyzed. Turbidity, particle counts (PC), and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) data were also collected and compared to SDI values of same water samples. As a result, SDI was found to have very close relationship with PC and rather close relationship with turbidity. Interestingly, DOC concentrations also played an important role to determine SDI values in water samples from pretreatment process without microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. In summary, SDI can be affected by not only micron-sized particles but also smaller particles and dissovled organic matter although its fundament is within detecting 'silt' concentration. |