Membrane

The water characterisation is generally challenging regarding the pre-treatment operation up-stream reverse osmosis. The classical parameters are not applicable due to analytical limitations, and/or the sensibility of those parameters is too low compared to the water fluctuation behaviour measured o

Pervaporation is a membrane technology utilizing a dense non-porous homogeneous polymeric film as a selective separation barrier. In recent years, pervaporation using dense membranes has emerged as a promising remediation method for trace organic removal from dilute aqueous solutions. The mathematic

Tunisia is a semi arid country; the shortage of good water quality in particular at the south regions forced the government to desalt brackish water via membrane technology such as RO to supply these regions with potable water. Station of Djerba Isle established in 2000 by SONEDE has a nominal capac

Biofouling affinity of four thin film membranes was evaluated under quiescent conditions by exposing the membrane to the effluent from a membrane bioreactor. Coupons of the thin film membranes were left for 5 days in the bioreactor effluent which was filtered through a 0.2 micron filter. The surface

The main objective of this work was to investigate boron removal from seawater using two commercial high rejection SWRO membranes. The impact of solution pH, feed concentration, pressure, and cross-flow velocity on boron rejection and permeate flux was determined. The membranes used were the TorayTM

Humic acids are primarily a result of the microbiological degradation of surrounding vegetation and animal decay and enter surface waters through rain water run-off from the surrounding land. This often gives rise to large seasonal variations, high concentrations in the wet season and lower concentr

Ultrafiltration membranes are used extensively in dairy industry. The formation of fouling deposits during processing of dairy fluids has a significant impact on the performance of these membranes. In the current study, performance of a 30 kDa membrane has been investigated which is used to process

Fouling of UF membranes by humic acid particles was studied. Six types of UF membranes namely PAN 20 kDa (Rhone-Poulenc), PAN 100 kDa (Osmonics), PES 150 kDa (Microdyn-Nadir) and PS 10, 50 and 100 kDa (Permionics) were tested. Analysis of the results showed that the resistance due to the adsorption

Streaming potentials (SPs) across a porous membrane in various organic–aqueous solutions have been studied experimentally. The effects of both the solvent (including its species and weight percentage) and the electrolyte (including its species and concentration) on the SP are presented respectively.

Bilge waters with different oil-emulsion droplet sizes can be treated successfully using ultrafiltration processes with ceramic membranes. The structure of these membranes has been designed to obtain high permeate fluxes and increase the efficiency of the process. Membranes with very high porosity (