Journal
MEMBRANES
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes11010032
Keywords
irrigation water; reverse osmosis; nanofiltration; treated sewage effluent; water reuse
Categories
Funding
- Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) graduate sponsorship research award [GSRA6-1-0509-19021]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This study compared the performance of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis technologies for the reclamation of ultrafiltered municipal wastewater for irrigation. The permeate from the reverse osmosis process met FAO standards at lower pressures, but did not comply with irrigation water standards at higher pressures in terms of chloride, sodium, and calcium concentrations.
This study compares the performance of nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) for the reclamation of ultrafiltered municipal wastewater for irrigation of food crops. RO and NF technologies were evaluated at different applied pressures; the performance of each technology was evaluated in terms of water flux, recovery rate, specific energy consumption and quality of permeate. It was found that the permeate from the reverse osmosis (RO) process complied with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) standards at pressures applied between 10 and 18 bar. At an applied pressure of 20 bar, the permeate quality did not comply with irrigation water standards in terms of chloride, sodium and calcium concentration. It was found that nanofiltration process was not suitable for the reclamation of wastewater as the concentration of chloride, sodium and calcium exceeded the allowable limits at all applied pressures. In the reverse osmosis process, the highest recovery rate was 36%, which was achieved at a pressure of 16 bar. The specific energy consumption at this applied pressure was 0.56 kWh/m(3). The lowest specific energy of 0.46 kWh/m(3) was achieved at an applied pressure of 12 bar with a water recovery rate of 32.7%.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available