Journal
DESALINATION
Volume 273, Issue 1, Pages 184-196Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.01.059
Keywords
Fouling index; Colloidal fouling; Reverse osmosis; Crossflow filtration; Cake enhanced osmotic pressure
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- Australian Government [CG110188]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of using the resistivity and deposition rate data from Crossflow Sampler-Modified Fouling Index Ultrafiltration (CFS-MFI(UF)) measurements to determine the coupled effects of colloidal fouling and cake enhanced osmotic pressure (CEOP) effect. Cake filtration derived from CFS-MFI(UF) was combined with a CEOP model to predict the crossflow RO fouling profile under constant flux filtration. The prediction based on resistivity. I' from CFS-MFI(UF) measurement alone was found to underestimate the RO fouling for high salinity solutions. However, when incorporating the mass information from the CFS-MFI(UF) test to account for the CEOP effect, the prediction showed good agreement with the TMP profile of the RO system. The results indicated that the CFS-MFI(UF) test which includes the CEOP effect is a very promising technique to provide an estimation of the RO colloidal fouling profile. When the changes of cake thickness and porosity throughout the filtration were considered, the predicted TMP profile based on the model clearly indicated a two-stage of fouling profile which agreed well with the experimental data. Additional studies on the effects of cake thickness and porosity on CEOP highlighted the important influence of cake structure on CEOP. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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