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Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research
As biodiesel production as renewable fuel increases, so does the amount of wastewater resulting from this technology. Wastewater is generated during the so-called biodiesel washing, i.e., washing out glycerol and methanol with water. The purified biodiesel must meet international standards, such as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8777734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35054565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12010039 |
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author | Lech, Magdalena Klimek, Agnieszka Porzybót, Damian Trusek, Anna |
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description | As biodiesel production as renewable fuel increases, so does the amount of wastewater resulting from this technology. Wastewater is generated during the so-called biodiesel washing, i.e., washing out glycerol and methanol with water. The purified biodiesel must meet international standards, such as EN 14214 or the American ASTM D6751 standard. To fully say that biodiesel technology is environmentally friendly, the amount of wastewater should be minimized. It is also desirable that the purified water can be recycled to the technology. For this purpose, wastewater pre-treated by flotation, during which mainly oils are removed, was subjected to three-stage membrane separation. For each of the stages, the membrane was selected and characterized in terms of its separation capacity and stream stability. Starting with microfiltration, which was mainly aimed at reducing turbidity, affects the permeate flux in the following steps. Then, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes were selected. These membranes were aimed at reducing the concentration of inorganic and organic substances. Consequently the cascade was composed of: MF-0.45 µm, UF-150 kDa, and NF-characterized by an 80% degree of desalination. The final permeate has a salt concentration of less than 0.15 g/L and can be reused in biodiesel technology. |
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spelling | pubmed-87777342022-01-22 Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research Lech, Magdalena Klimek, Agnieszka Porzybót, Damian Trusek, Anna Membranes (Basel) Communication As biodiesel production as renewable fuel increases, so does the amount of wastewater resulting from this technology. Wastewater is generated during the so-called biodiesel washing, i.e., washing out glycerol and methanol with water. The purified biodiesel must meet international standards, such as EN 14214 or the American ASTM D6751 standard. To fully say that biodiesel technology is environmentally friendly, the amount of wastewater should be minimized. It is also desirable that the purified water can be recycled to the technology. For this purpose, wastewater pre-treated by flotation, during which mainly oils are removed, was subjected to three-stage membrane separation. For each of the stages, the membrane was selected and characterized in terms of its separation capacity and stream stability. Starting with microfiltration, which was mainly aimed at reducing turbidity, affects the permeate flux in the following steps. Then, ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes were selected. These membranes were aimed at reducing the concentration of inorganic and organic substances. Consequently the cascade was composed of: MF-0.45 µm, UF-150 kDa, and NF-characterized by an 80% degree of desalination. The final permeate has a salt concentration of less than 0.15 g/L and can be reused in biodiesel technology. MDPI 2021-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8777734/ /pubmed/35054565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12010039 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Lech, Magdalena Klimek, Agnieszka Porzybót, Damian Trusek, Anna Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title | Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title_full | Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title_fullStr | Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title_full_unstemmed | Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title_short | Three-Stage Membrane Treatment of Wastewater from Biodiesel Production-Preliminary Research |
title_sort | three-stage membrane treatment of wastewater from biodiesel production-preliminary research |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8777734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35054565 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12010039 |
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