Pretreatment

Biofouling due to microbial growth on the RO membrane adds significant osmotic pressure and causes frequent chemical cleaning which reduces the life of RO membrane. Biocides such as chlorine, ozone, and UV have been used to control microbial growth correlated to the biological fouling of the RO memb

The pretreatment of raw seawater is necessary to minimize the organic fouling of seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) membranes. To predict the membrane fouling of the pretreated seawater, the modified fouling index (MFI) with ultrafiltration (UF) was investigated in terms of molecular weight distributio

The objective of this work was to replace the conventional pretreatment of reverse osmosis by coupling ultrafiltration with adsorption onto activated coffee-like adsorbent material. Adsorption was achieved on activated carbon prepared from a waste of coffee. A protocol of preparation is described as

Crude oil desalter effluent from a Tehran oil refinery was treated by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process. Ultrafiltration (UF) was used primarily to remove the emulsified oil droplets followed by the removal of total dissolved solids (TDS) via reverse osmosis (RO). The UF membrane was a hydr

Fouling and scaling are the most serious problems in membrane processes. In sea/brackish water applications, pretreatment of RO feed water is the key step in designing the plants to avoid membrane fouling and scaling. Recent developments in pretreatment processes are more adapted to raw water qualit

Although submerged microfiltration is widely used as a pretreatment process for surface water treatment and RO desalination, its high energy consumption is a major drawback compared to conventional pretreatment. Especially, aeration during filtration is an energy-intensive step in most submerged mem

Seawater desalination of interest is rising to overcome water scarcity. Especially, desalination using RO membranes is increasingly being used for production of drinking water for brackish and/or seawater. SWRO has operational problems that can be caused by various membranes fouling including partic

In this study, titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), titanium sulfate (Ti(SO4 )2 ) and ferric chloride (FeCl3) flocculation as a pretreatment to seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) were investigated. Their ability to remove turbidity, seawater organic matter (SWOM) and controlling the feed water quality of SW

MF/UF has been recently applied as a pretreatment process due to its high removal efficiency of fouling matters in Reverse Osmosis (RO). This study evaluated the effect of coagulation on the performance of MF and UF for removal of particles with two kinds of membranes under various coagulant dose an

Hybrid processes combining fibre filter with deep bed filtration process such as (i) fibre filter and sand filter, (ii) fibre filter and anthracite and (iii) fibre filter and dual media filter were investigated as pre-treatments to SWRO. Seawater was drawn from Chowder Bay, Sydney. The effect of dif