1 Membrane Separation Processes for Wastewater Treatment: An Overview Dr. Z.V.P. Murthy Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat – 395007, Gujarat. October 09, 2009 Presentation at the AICTE sponsored One-week Short-Term Training Programme on Treatment and Disposal of Wastewaters, October 5-9, 2009, SVNIT, Surat
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Membrane Separation Processes for Wastewater Treatment: An Overview
Dr. Z.V.P. MurthyProfessor
Department of Chemical EngineeringSardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Surat – 395007, Gujarat.October 09, 2009
Presentation at the AICTE sponsored One-week Short-Term Training Programme on Treatment and Disposal of Wastewaters, October 5-9, 2009, SVNIT, Surat
� Selectivity: For dilute aqueous mixtures of a solvent (water) and a solute (particles), the selectivity is expressed in terms of retention “R”towards solute. CF and Cp are solute concentration in feed
and permeateR = 100% (complete retention) of soluteR = 0% (solute and solvent pass thru membrane
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� Two layers: a thin (0.1 to 0.5 µm), skin layer and a porous substructure support layer
� Separation of macromolecules
�Only surface deposition - no internal pore plugging-so, relatively easy to remove, irreversible
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Nanofiltration:
� NF Removes molecules in the 0.001-0.01 �m
� ∆P 0.5 to 6 MPa
� MWCO: upto 10,000
� NF is essentially a lower-pressure version of reverse osmosis
� NF performance characteristics between reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration
Nanofiltration: Water softening, removal of organic matter,
desalting of organic reaction products.
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OSMOSIS and REVERSE OSMOSISOsmosis (see Figure A) is the flow of solvent through a semipermeablemembrane from the less concentrated to the more concentrated region.
A “semipermeable” membrane is a membrane, which allows solvent to pass but completely prevents the flow of certain solutes or ions in solution. The osmotic flow is a natural occurrence, as the system tends to come to equilibrium and equalise chemical potentials.
Operating Pressure: 1.0 - 10 MPaRO has the separation range of 0.0001 to 0.001µm
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� The osmotic flow can be decreased by applying a pressure on theconcentrated solution.
•The higher the applied pressure the lesser the osmotic flow.
•When the osmotic flow stops, the applied pressure is the osmoticpressure, which is given by the symbol �.
Osmotic pressure is a thermodynamic property of a solution and as such values can be found in various reference books.
� For dilute systems, the following van’t Hoff equation may be used to calculate osmotic pressure:� = CAiRTwhere CAi is the molar concentration of solute A at location i, R is the gas constant, and T is the absolute temperature.
Osmotic pressure is equal to 6.86 kPa (51 torr) for each 100 mg/L of dissolved solids.
Pollution Control Board norms for discharge of effluent to CETP:
pH : 6.5 $ 8.5COD : < 1000 ppmBOD : < 400 ppm
SS : < 300 ppm
Detoxified toxic contaminants at each unit before discharge to CETP
Records of quantity and quality of effluent maintained by each member unit
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Materials and Methods
� Experiments are performed on Perma%-pilot membrane system consisting of a spiral-wound TFC-PA RO membrane module
� Specifications of TFC-PA RO membrane module:______________________________________________Item Specification______________________________________________Membrane module Spiral-woundMembrane type TFC-PA RO membraneMembrane maker Permionics, Vadodara, IndiaMembrane material TFC PolyamideEffective membrane area 1.0 m2
Number of modules oneLength of module 21 in.Diameter of module 2.5 in._______________________________________________
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� Specifications of membrane:
� TFC-PA RO membrane has three layers:
(1) First layer: 5-20 &m thick TFC-PA layer
(2) Second layer: 50 &m thick of polysulfone
(3) Third layer: 200 &m thick of polyester
� Perma-TFC membranes are capable of withstanding pH in the range 2-12, pressure up to 30 atm and temperatures up to 50°C
Materials and Methods……
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EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP:
Perma�-pilot scale membrane system
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� Before actual experiments membrane is subjected to stabilization at 20 atm for 2 hours to avoid membrane compaction during operation.
� The experiments are performed for various membrane flux rates in the range of 52-88 L/(m2 h) or LMH with the operating pressures between 7-20 atm.
Material and Methods……
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Material and Methods……
� The membrane performance can be represented in terms of normalized flux by the following relation:
� …………(1)
where JN is the normalized flux [L/(m2 h atm)], T is the temperature in the range of 303-308 K, Q is the volume flow rate of permeate (m3/h), A is the effective membrane area (m2), Pm is transmembrane pressure (atm).
� Performance of membrane in terms of percentage rejection (R) is given as
…………(2)
where Cf and Cp are the individual component concentrations in the incoming feed to the RO system and in the permeate from the system, respectively.
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TN AP
QJ )297(03.1 −=
1001% ���
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CfCp
R
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� The normalized flux decline rate is calculated by the following Eq. (3)
………(3)
� The important parameters like color, pH, total solids (TS), suspended solids (SS), total dissolved solids (TDS), phenol, ammonia, COD, BOD, sulphate, total hardness, Mg hardness, Ca hardness, zinc and total Cr are measured in the feed and permeate samples, according to standard methods.
Material and Methods……
100hours operating flux normalized initial
flux normalized final -flux normalized initial hour)per (% rate decline
flux normalized Average��
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Results and Discussion
� Characteristics of the secondary treated wastewater from CETP used as a feed in the present study:____________________________________________________________________________________Parameters Unit Value____________________________________________________________________________________pH - 6.95Color Pt-Co unit 1070TS mg/L 8460SS mg/L 296TDS mg/L 8164Phenol mg/L 4.19Ammonia mg/L 210COD mg/L 656BOD mg/L 160Sulphate mg/L 1027Total Hardness mg/L 1770Ca Hardness mg/L 1600Mg Hardness mg/L 170Zinc mg/L 0.03Total Cr mg/L 0.07______________________________________________________________________________________
* BDL=Below Detectable Limit, ** Specified limit by pollution control authority
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The conclusions from the pilot study are summarized as follows:
� The optimal operation flux rate of the RO membrane is found to be 64 LMH for the present application.
� At a flux rate of 64 LMH and water recovery of 11%, the average operating pressure of 12 atm is noted corresponding to a high normalized flux of 4.5 L/(m2 h atm) at 25°C.
� Average rejections of the RO membrane in terms of COD and BOD are >99% and 100%, respectively.
� It is found that the RO system is effective for the secondary treated industrial effluent in order to comply with the local specified limits for discharging into the public sewerage system. In turn that can be used for other purposes due its high quality, instead of sending it to sewerage.
Conclusions
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References:1. Membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment by S.S. Khanal, Department of Civil
Engineering, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, USA.2. Emerging Applications for Water Treatment and Potable Water Reuse by T.Y. Cath, Environmental
Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, USA.3. Z.V.P. Murthy, L.B. Chaudhari, Performance of Spiral-wound TFC-PA RO membrane for tertiary
treatment of effluent in common effluent treatment plant, Proceedings of the “2nd International Conference on Engineering for Waste Valorisation (WasteEng08)”, University of Patras, Greece, June 3 - 5, 2008, pp 229-230.