Differences of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and model solution with regard to membrane fouling in the presence of Ca2+
LU Weier1,2,, XIU Guangli1,2,3,, 1.Shanghai Key Laboratory of Environmental Standards and Risk Management of Chemical Pollutants, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 2.National Environmental Protection Chemical Process Environmental Risk Assessment and Control Key Laboratory, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 3.Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Safety, Shanghai 200092, China
Abstract:The scientific interests in membrane fouling of membrane bioreactors have increased drastically in recent years. In order to investigate the feasibility of simulating substances to replace actual substances, the present study compared the different performance of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and model EPS solution (BSA+SA) in the presence of Ca2+ on the membrane fouling. The differences in particle size distribution, functional groups, rheological properties and membrane fouling behaviors of EPS-Ca2+ and BSA+SA-Ca2+ were investigated systematically. The results showed that Ca2+ enlarged the particle size, and the average particle size of EPS-Ca2+ was larger than the that of BSA+SA-Ca2+. Owing to the interactions between different functional groups and Ca2+, the shift of the characteristic peaks in FT-IR spectrum occurred. By comparison of the rheological properties with EPS-Ca2+ hydrocolloid, the BSA+SA-Ca2+ hydrocolloid exhibited a more stable structure which presented a less destruction as the strain increased. In the microfiltration process, the membrane fouling of BSA+SA-Ca2+ was more serious under the same operating conditions. Through the data fitting with Hermia’s filtration model, it was found that EPS-Ca2+ and BSA+SA-Ca2+ obeyed the intermediate blocking model and the cake formation model, respectively. The results would provide basic data for the research of EPS and its membrane fouling mechanism. Key words:extracellular?polymeric?substances/ membrane fouling/ calcium ion/ bovine serum albumin/ sodium alginate/ constant-pressure filtration.
图1EPS、BSA+SA添加Ca2+前后的粒径分布(Ca2+浓度为10 mmol·L?1) Figure1.Particle size distribution of EPS and BSA+SA in the absence and presence of Ca2+ (Ca2+ concentration is 10 mmol·L?1)
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1.Shanghai Key Laboratory of Environmental Standards and Risk Management of Chemical Pollutants, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 2.National Environmental Protection Chemical Process Environmental Risk Assessment and Control Key Laboratory, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China 3.Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Safety, Shanghai 200092, China Received Date: 2019-06-25 Accepted Date: 2019-09-05 Available Online: 2020-05-06 Keywords:extracellular?polymeric?substances/ membrane fouling/ calcium ion/ bovine serum albumin/ sodium alginate/ constant-pressure filtration Abstract:The scientific interests in membrane fouling of membrane bioreactors have increased drastically in recent years. In order to investigate the feasibility of simulating substances to replace actual substances, the present study compared the different performance of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and model EPS solution (BSA+SA) in the presence of Ca2+ on the membrane fouling. The differences in particle size distribution, functional groups, rheological properties and membrane fouling behaviors of EPS-Ca2+ and BSA+SA-Ca2+ were investigated systematically. The results showed that Ca2+ enlarged the particle size, and the average particle size of EPS-Ca2+ was larger than the that of BSA+SA-Ca2+. Owing to the interactions between different functional groups and Ca2+, the shift of the characteristic peaks in FT-IR spectrum occurred. By comparison of the rheological properties with EPS-Ca2+ hydrocolloid, the BSA+SA-Ca2+ hydrocolloid exhibited a more stable structure which presented a less destruction as the strain increased. In the microfiltration process, the membrane fouling of BSA+SA-Ca2+ was more serious under the same operating conditions. Through the data fitting with Hermia’s filtration model, it was found that EPS-Ca2+ and BSA+SA-Ca2+ obeyed the intermediate blocking model and the cake formation model, respectively. The results would provide basic data for the research of EPS and its membrane fouling mechanism.