Journal
PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 20-27Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2017.11.008
Keywords
Membrane distillation; Polypropylene membrane; Cobalt; Radioactive wastewater; Separation
Categories
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program [2016YFC1402507]
- National ST Major Project [2013ZX06002001]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University [IRT-13026]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The separation of cobalt ions (Co2+) by vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) process with commercial polypropylene hollow fibers membrane was investigated. The effect of operational parameters, including feed temperature (30-70 degrees C), permeate vacuum degree (0.10-0.98 atm) and feed flow rate (10.5-41.8 L/h), on the membrane flux was examined. The Pearson correlation analysis was employed to evaluate the significance of different operating parameters to the permeate flux. The results showed that permeate vacuum was the most significant to membrane flux (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.621). The mass transfer mechanism during Co2+ separation was analyzed and Knudsen diffusion was proved to be the dominant mass transfer mechanism during VMD process. Dusty gas model could estimate the membrane flux well with average relative error of 5.21%. VMD method has shown its potential in the treatment of cobalt-containing wastewater.
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