期刊
DESALINATION
卷 283, 期 -, 页码 3-9出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.01.060
关键词
Reverse osmosis; Spiral-wound membrane module; Membrane scaling and cleaning; Ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry (UTDR); Sound intensity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20676100, 20876115]
This study describes the ultrasonic time-domain reflectometry (UTDR) with a sound intensity calculation for monitoring membrane scaling and cleaning in a 4-inch spiral-wound reverse osmosis module. Three focused transducers with the frequency of 2.25 MHz were located equidistantly along the feed flow direction. The scaling experiments were carried out with 2.0 g/L calcium sulfate far 90 h fouling and the cleaning processes consisted of three phases: pure water flushing, immersion cleaning and acid-washing. According to this study, the ultrasonic response signals and the corresponding sound intensity gradually decreased to minimum with the fouling and deposition of the foulants on the membrane and then increased with the formation of fouling layer. The initial induction time in the change of sound intensity became shorter and the sound intensity became lower along the fluid direction during the fouling process. It was found that the CaSO(4) scaling first precipitated near the downstream owing to the increased concentration polarization. Furthermore, the permeate flux and the sound intensity all recovered step by step with the cleaning processes. The results obtained by independent methods such as SEM and weight measurements were in good agreement with the observations by ultrasonic technology. Overall, this study confirms that the UTDR technique with a sound intensity calculation and modeling is capable to evaluate the membrane scaling and cleaning in spiral-wound modules. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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