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PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism
In this study, the water purification effect and membrane fouling mechanism of two powdered activated carbons (L carbon and S carbon) enhancing Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes for surface water treatment were investigated. The results indicated that PAC could effectivel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629813 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12050487 |
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author | Li, Tian Yu, Hongjian Tian, Jing Liu, Junxia Yuan, Tonghao Xiao, Shaoze Chu, Huaqiang Dong, Bingzhi |
author_facet | Li, Tian Yu, Hongjian Tian, Jing Liu, Junxia Yuan, Tonghao Xiao, Shaoze Chu, Huaqiang Dong, Bingzhi |
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description | In this study, the water purification effect and membrane fouling mechanism of two powdered activated carbons (L carbon and S carbon) enhancing Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes for surface water treatment were investigated. The results indicated that PAC could effectively enhance membrane filtration performance. With PAC addition, organic removal was greatly enhanced compared with direct UF filtration, especially for small molecules, i.e., the S-UF had an additional 25% removal ratio of micro-molecule organics than the direct UF. The S carbon with the larger particle size and lower specific surface area exhibited superior performance to control membrane fouling, with an operation duration of S-UF double than the direct UF. Therefore, the particle size and pore structure of carbon are the two key parameters that are essential during the PAC-UF process. After filtration, acid and alkaline cleaning of UF was conducted, and it was found that irreversible fouling contributed the most to total filtration resistance, while the unrecoverable irreversible resistance ratio with acid cleaning was greater than that with alkaline cleaning. With PAC, irreversible UF fouling could be relieved, and thus, the running time could be extended. In addition, the membrane foulant elution was analyzed, and it was found to be mainly composed of small and medium molecular organic substances, with 12% to 21% more polysaccharides than proteins. Finally, the hydrophilicity of the elution was examined, and it was observed that alkaline cleaning mainly eluted large, medium, and small molecules of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic matter, while acid cleaning mainly eluted small molecules of hydrophilic organic matter. |
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spelling | pubmed-91437392022-05-29 PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism Li, Tian Yu, Hongjian Tian, Jing Liu, Junxia Yuan, Tonghao Xiao, Shaoze Chu, Huaqiang Dong, Bingzhi Membranes (Basel) Article In this study, the water purification effect and membrane fouling mechanism of two powdered activated carbons (L carbon and S carbon) enhancing Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes for surface water treatment were investigated. The results indicated that PAC could effectively enhance membrane filtration performance. With PAC addition, organic removal was greatly enhanced compared with direct UF filtration, especially for small molecules, i.e., the S-UF had an additional 25% removal ratio of micro-molecule organics than the direct UF. The S carbon with the larger particle size and lower specific surface area exhibited superior performance to control membrane fouling, with an operation duration of S-UF double than the direct UF. Therefore, the particle size and pore structure of carbon are the two key parameters that are essential during the PAC-UF process. After filtration, acid and alkaline cleaning of UF was conducted, and it was found that irreversible fouling contributed the most to total filtration resistance, while the unrecoverable irreversible resistance ratio with acid cleaning was greater than that with alkaline cleaning. With PAC, irreversible UF fouling could be relieved, and thus, the running time could be extended. In addition, the membrane foulant elution was analyzed, and it was found to be mainly composed of small and medium molecular organic substances, with 12% to 21% more polysaccharides than proteins. Finally, the hydrophilicity of the elution was examined, and it was observed that alkaline cleaning mainly eluted large, medium, and small molecules of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organic matter, while acid cleaning mainly eluted small molecules of hydrophilic organic matter. MDPI 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9143739/ /pubmed/35629813 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12050487 Text en © 2022 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 | Article Li, Tian Yu, Hongjian Tian, Jing Liu, Junxia Yuan, Tonghao Xiao, Shaoze Chu, Huaqiang Dong, Bingzhi PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title | PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title_full | PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title_fullStr | PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title_full_unstemmed | PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title_short | PAC-UF Process Improving Surface Water Treatment: PAC Effects and Membrane Fouling Mechanism |
title_sort | pac-uf process improving surface water treatment: pac effects and membrane fouling mechanism |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629813 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12050487 |
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