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WATER REUSE
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 597-609出版社
IWA PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.2166/wrd.2021.051
关键词
dissolved organic matter (DOM); floc size; micro-flocculation; organic fouling; ultrafiltration (UF)
The study found that using micro-flocculation as a pretreatment approach can effectively reduce membrane fouling in UF caused by organic matters in treated wastewater. Micro-flocculation combined with UF process showed improved removal efficiency of organic matters, especially humic acid and sodium alginate. The results suggest that micro-flocculation pretreatment can effectively alleviate membrane fouling when treating wastewater containing humic acid, sodium alginate, or fulvic acid.
This study investigated the efficacy of using micro-flocculation as a pretreatment approach in alleviating ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling caused by organic matters in treated wastewater. Three typical model dissolved organic matters (DOM), humic acid, fulvic acid, and sodium alginate, were employed to simulate membrane fouling. The results showed that micro-flocculation using poly aluminum chloride (PAC) or polymerized ferric sulfate (PFS) as flocculant could effectively enhance the treatment performance of UF process on DOM. With 6 mg/L PAC, the removal efficiency of humic acid, fulvic acid, and sodium alginate by micro-flocculation combined UF process reached 79.95%, 63.25%, and 51.14%, respectively. Specifically, after micro-flocculation, micromolecular hydrophilic organic matter (e.g., fulvic acid) tended to form a compact cake layer. The macromolecular hydrophobic organic matter (e.g., humic acid) and macromolecular hydrophilic organic matter (e.g., sodium alginate) generally led to a loose cake layer. At PAC dosage of 6 mg/L, the membrane specific flux (J/J(0)) at the end was improved by 11.71%, 10.27%, and 2.2% for humic acid, sodium alginate and fulvic acid solutions, respectively, compared with UF process alone. It could be inferred that micro-flocculation pretreatment can effectively mitigate the membrane fouling when treating wastewater containing humic acid, sodium alginate, or fulvic acid.
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