Case analysis of foulant component on ultrafiltraion membrane and its chemical cleaning effect in a drinking water plant
XIAO Ping1,, ZOU Yubin2, DUAN Shuxuan2, XIAO Feng2,3,, 1.Green Intelligence Environmental School, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China 2.Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
Abstract:In this study, PVC hollow-fiber membrane used in coagulation-ultrafiltration process of a drinking water plant in Jiangsu was taken as a research object. Two types of chemical cleaning reagents: HCl and NaOH solutions, were used to clean the fouled membrane. Then the eluants were determined to confirm the components in the membrane foulants, and the effect of the chemical cleaning reagents was investigated in actual application. Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and TOC analyzer were used to analyze the components of the fouled membrane eluates. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) were used to characterize the membrane surface morphology and functional groups before and after chemical cleaning. The results showed that membrane foulants contained not only organic matters of proteins, polysaccharides and humic acid, but also the main inorganics with Ca, Mg, Si, Fe elements. NaOH solution could clean more organic matters and effectively remove silicon, while HCl had a better cleaning effect on macromolecular organics, hydrophobic organics and inorganics including Ca, Mg, Fe. HCl solution with lower pH and NaOH solution with higher pH had better cleaning effects. In actual application, acid cleaning followed by alkali cleaning can obtain a high flux. Key words:ultrafiltration process/ membrane fouling/ chemical cleaning.
图11年运行周期通量和膜阻力的变化 Figure1.Variation of flux and the total membrame resistance during one year operation
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1.Green Intelligence Environmental School, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China 2.Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3.School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China Received Date: 2019-07-23 Accepted Date: 2020-02-08 Available Online: 2020-05-12 Keywords:ultrafiltration process/ membrane fouling/ chemical cleaning Abstract:In this study, PVC hollow-fiber membrane used in coagulation-ultrafiltration process of a drinking water plant in Jiangsu was taken as a research object. Two types of chemical cleaning reagents: HCl and NaOH solutions, were used to clean the fouled membrane. Then the eluants were determined to confirm the components in the membrane foulants, and the effect of the chemical cleaning reagents was investigated in actual application. Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and TOC analyzer were used to analyze the components of the fouled membrane eluates. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) were used to characterize the membrane surface morphology and functional groups before and after chemical cleaning. The results showed that membrane foulants contained not only organic matters of proteins, polysaccharides and humic acid, but also the main inorganics with Ca, Mg, Si, Fe elements. NaOH solution could clean more organic matters and effectively remove silicon, while HCl had a better cleaning effect on macromolecular organics, hydrophobic organics and inorganics including Ca, Mg, Fe. HCl solution with lower pH and NaOH solution with higher pH had better cleaning effects. In actual application, acid cleaning followed by alkali cleaning can obtain a high flux.