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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
卷 680, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121717
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Polyamide; Natural organic matter; Calcium carbonate; Resonant x-ray scattering; X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Fouling of polyamide membranes during reverse osmosis (RO) is a major challenge for adopting membrane technologies to treat highly contaminated waters, especially those containing organic foulants and dominant cations. This study combines bench-scale membrane fouling experiments with detailed characterization of feedwater chemistry and fouling layer composition/morphology to reveal fundamental mechanisms of (in)organic fouling during RO. The results suggest the potential design strategies of pretreatment processes and membrane materials to mitigate fouling in RO systems.
Fouling of polyamide membranes during reverse osmosis (RO) is a major challenge for adopting membrane technologies to treat highly contaminated waters, especially those containing organic foulants (e.g., natural organic matter (NOM), polysaccharides) and dominant cations (e.g., sodium, magnesium, calcium). This work combines bench-scale membrane fouling experiments with detailed characterization of feedwater chemistry and fouling layer composition/morphology to reveal fundamental mechanisms of (in)organic fouling during RO. Divalent cations are shown to promote fouling by hydrophobic NOM containing aromatic and carboxyl groups, while NOM fouling in the presence of a monovalent cation, sodium, occurs by smaller fulvic acids containing larger fractions of carboxyl groups and other oxygen-rich moieties. Calcium-carboxyl bridging occurs in solution and near the membrane surface to induce NOM aggregation on nanometer length scales. In complex waters containing foulant mixtures, co-fouling by calcium-carboxyl bridging and CaCO3 precipitation influence mem-brane performance at longer timeframes. However, the flux decline observed for the co-fouling mechanism was less significant than the sum of its parts, suggesting both synergistic and antagonistic fouling mechanisms should be considered in membrane design/operation. These results encourage the design of pretreatment processes to reduce concentrations of multivalent ions and hydrophobic NOM in RO feedwaters, and of membrane materials to limit attachment/deposition of aggregates to/on polyamide surfaces.
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