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Extended performance study of forward osmosis during wastewater reclamation: Quantification of fouling-based concentration polarization effects on the flux decline

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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
卷 618, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118755

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Forward osmosis; Water reclamation; Long-term operation; Flux decline pattern

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  1. Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) through Industrial Facilities & Infrastructure Research Program - Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE) [1485016165]
  2. APEX
  3. Royal Society
  4. British Academy
  5. Leverhulme Trust

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The study revealed that operating at higher flux led to thicker and more compact cake layer, increasing cake structural parameter and cake layer enhanced concentration polarization. In contrast, operating at lower flux resulted in less fouling with a lower cake structural parameter.
The long-term performance of forward osmosis during simulated wastewater reclamation was investigated for 120 h operation with a focus upon the influence of flux on flux decline and the synergistic effect of fouling on concentration polarization. Our comprehensive investigation focused on different fluxes (25; 30; 34 LMH) for simulated wastewater containing either a high protein or a low protein fraction. Compared to an initial flux of 25 LMH, operation at an initial 34 LMH favored the formation of a thicker and more compact cake layer which resulted in significant increase in both cake structural parameter (four-fold) and cake layer enhanced concentration polarization (ten-fold). After 40 h operation without physical cleaning the additional effect of cake layer enhanced concentration polarization and fouling resistance consumed 25% of the total driving force; the significant internal concentration polarization still had the greatest impact. In contrast operation at the lower flux of 25 LMH generated less fouling with a lower cake structural parameter (119 mu m). The resultant flux decline was only 3% in contrast to the 15-18% found for the higher flux of 34 LMH. For operation above an initial 30 LMH it was found that FO fouling became irreversible if the wastewater contained a high protein fraction. Overall for a thin film composite membrane and a wastewater with a foulant concentration of 160 mg/L an initial flux of 25 LMH is the recommended threshold; this is 25% less that the critical value determined in earlier short-term studies.

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