Chemical pretreatment of feed water for membrane distillation

Gryta, Marek Chemical pretreatment of feed water for membrane distillation Chemical Papers, Vol.62, No. 1, 2008, 100-105

Document type: Článok z časopisu / Journal Article
Collection: Chemical papers  

Author(s) Gryta, Marek
Title Chemical pretreatment of feed water for membrane distillation
Journal name Chemical Papers
Publication date 2008
Year available 2008
Volume number 62
Issue number 1
ISSN 0366-6352
Start page 100
End page 105
Place of publication Poland
Publisher Versita
Collection year 2008
Language english
Subject 290000 Engineering and Technology
291100 Environmental Engineering
Abstract/Summary Membrane distillation was used to produce demineralized water from ground water. The influence of feed water pretreatment carried out in a contact clarifier (softening with Ca(OH)2 and coagulation with FeSO4 · 7H2O) followed by filtration, on the process effectiveness was evaluated. It was found that the chemical pretreatment decreased the membrane fouling; however, the degree of water purification was insufficient because precipitation of small amounts of deposit on the membrane surface during the process operation was still observed. The permeate flux was gradually decreasing as a result of scaling. The morphology and composition of the fouling layer were studied using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersion spectrometry. The presence of significant amounts of silica, apart from calcium and magnesium, was determined in the formed deposit. The removal of foulants by heterogeneous crystallization performed inside the filter (70 mesh), assembled directly at the module inlet, was found to be a solution preventing the membrane scaling.
 
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