• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2012

This study employed the modified fouling index (MFI) to determine the performance of a two-step recycling system - a membrane filtration integrated laminar flow water storage (LFWS) tank followed by an ion exchange process to reclaim ultrapure water (UPW) from the wastewater generated from semiconductor wafer backgrinding and sawing processes. The first step consisted of the utilization of either ultrafiltration (UF) or nanofiltration (NF) membranes to remove solids in the wastewater where the second step consisted of an ion exchanger to further purify the filtrate. The system was able to produce high purity water in a continuous operating mode. However, higher recycling cost could be incurred due to membrane fouling. The feed wastewater used for this study contained high concentration of fine particles with low organic and ionic contents, hence membrane fouling was mainly attributed to particulate deposition and cake formation. Based on the MFI results, a LFWS tank that was equipped with a turbulence reducer with a pair of auto-valves was developed and found effective in minimizing fouling by discharging concentrated wastewater prior to any membrane filtration. By comparing flux behaviors of the improved system with the conventional system, the former maintained a high flux than the latter at the end of the experiment.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.613-623
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• 2017

We report the novel thin film composite RO membrane modified by graphene oxide. The thin film composite RO membrane was exposed to 2000 mg/l sodium hypochloride; thereafter it was subjected to different graphene oxide concentration ranging from 50 mg/l to 1000 mg/l in water. The resultant membrane was crosslinked with 5000 mg/l N-hydroxysuccinimide. The performance of different membranes were analysed by solute rejection and water-flux measurement. It was found that 100 mg/l graphene oxide exposure followed by 5000 mg/l N-hydroxysuccinimide treatment resulted in the membrane with the highest solute rejection of 97.78% and water-flux of 4.64 Liter per sqm per hour per bar g. The membranes were characterized by contact angle for hydrophilicity, scanning electron micrographs for surface morphology, energy dispersive X-Ray for chemical composition of the surface, Atomic force microscope for surface roughness, ATR-FTIR for chemical structure identification. It was found that the graphene oxide modified membrane increases the salt rejection performance after exposure to high-fouling water containing albumin. Highly hydrophilic, antifouling surface formation with the nanomaterial led to the improved membrane performance. Moreover, the protocol of incorporating nanomaterial by this post-treatment is simple and can be applied to any RO membrane after it is manufactured.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 최근 매립지 침출수 처리를 위해 많이 활용되고 있는 막분리 공정에 초음파를 적용하여 투과속도와 막의 세정효율 향상에 미치는 영향인자와 효과에 대하여 살펴보았다. 즉, 중공사 형태의 MF막과 관형의 UF막을 대상으로 초음파의 주파수($40{\sim}120$ kHz), 초음파의 세기($200{\sim}500$ W), 운전압력($0.1{\sim}2.3kg/cm^2$), 초음파 조사시간 등을 변화시키며 투과속도 향상에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 1차 처리된 침출수를 이용하여 초기 50 min 동안 막을 오염시킨 다음 70 min 동안 초음파를 조사하여 조사기간과 투과속도의 변화를 관찰하였다. 순수의 투과속도에 대한 투과속도의 회복률(recovery ratio)과 세정직전의 투과속도에 대한 초음파 조사 후 투과속도의 상승률(enhancement ratio)을 이용하여 영향인자를 분석하였다. 동일한 조건에서 막의 초음파 세정에 의한 투과속도 개선 효과는 주파수에 반비례적이며. 초음파의 조사강도에 비례적으로 나타났고, 막의 운전압력이 높으면 세정효과가 지연되며 투과속도의 개선효과도 감소하였다. 또한 10,000과 100,000 MWCO의 UF막에서의 회복율과 상승률은 각각 최대 75-98%와 40-50% 이었으나, $0.1{\mu}m$ MF막에서는 각각 10%와 500%였다. 1차 처리 침출수를 이용한 실험결과로부터 초음파에 의해 발생되는 기계적 진동을 활용한 막세정이 기존의 수세정과 약품세정 대신에 활용가능성이 확인되었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.209-216
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• 1998

Nanofiltration[NF45] and reverse osmosis membrane(HR98PP) separation treatment of dyestuff wastewater was carried out In order to separate relatively pure water from synthetic dyestuff wastewater, which consists of reactive dye, acid dye, basic dye, direct dye, and disperse dye. The experiments were performed by using the plate and frame membrane module. In the nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane separation, When the NaCl concentration was 0.1, 5.0, and 20.091, retention was 63.0, 46.0, 0.9%, respectively. When permeate flux was 125.0, 67.5, and 45.0 L/$m^2$ h, the osmotic pressure increased with Increasing the NaCl concentration. Permeate flux of two membranes Increased as temperature Increased due to segmental movement of polymer of the membrane and the rejection rate of dyestuff was decreased gradually. It was found that the rejection rate was about 95% in the nanofiltratlon, while the reverse osmosis membrane showed a high rejection rate of 99% under all temperature and pressures conditions.

• 한국환경기술학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2018

본 연구는 정수처리장의 유기막의 처리수와 원수의 블렌딩된 혼합시료를 이용하여 무기막 처리 시 flux의 량에 따른 처리 효율을 실험실 수준에서 규명하였다. 각각의 설정된 블렌딩과 flux의 값에 따라 어떠한 성능을 내는지 고찰하고, 이를 바탕으로 각 측정항목에 따른 최고의 효율을 도출하였다. 처리원수의 수질과 처리량에 따라 서로 다른 처리효율을 보였으며, 특히 탁도제거에 큰 효율을 보였다. 또한 $UV_{254}$의 경우 처리 원수와 flux에 따른 제거 효율이 최대 69 %에서 최소 48 %로 원수의 농도에 따라 다른 제거율을 보였으며, TOC와 DOC의 경우 원수의 값이 낮아 처리 효율이 최대 22 %와 28 %의 값을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과는 무기막 공정에서 오염물질이 효과적으로 제거되는 최적의 공정이 존재함을 시사하며, 대상 원수와 운전조건에 따른 최적화가 필요함을 보인다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.95-106
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• 2011

Even though MBR processes have many advantages such as high quality effluents, a small footprint and convenience for operation compared to conventional activated sludge processes, there are some shortcomings in terms of the cost and potential fouling incident that keeps MBR (Membrane bioreactor) processes from being widely applied. To reduce these problems, PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) flat sheet membranes that have excellent permeability and durability were tested instead of PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) membrane which is being used widely in water treatment. Low concentration of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was also added into the membrane modules in order to prevent the membrane fouling as well as to provide the alkalinity. With conditions mentioned above, a pilot-scale MBR system based on the MLE (Modified Ludzack Ettinger) process was operated at flux of 40 $L/m^{2}/hr$ and over 15,000 mg/L MLSS concentration for about 8 months. And coagulant(alum) was added into the membrane tank to remove phosphorus. Although the more coagulant is added the more effectively phosphorus is removed, that can lead to fouling for a long operation(Ronseca et al.,2009). By the way there is a research that fouling grow up after stopping injection of coagulant(Holbrook, 2004). Stable operation of MBR systems was achieved without major chemical cleaning and the effluent quality was found to be good enough to comply with the treated waste water quality regulations of the Korea.

• 멤브레인
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 stainless steel로 재질로 된 금속평막모듈을 이용하여 고플럭스가 유지되면서 처리수의 안정화 방안을 모색하였다. 이 모듈은 기공사이즈가 13 ㎛ 단위여서 플럭스가 60 LMH에서 100 LMH까지 고플럭스로 운전이 가능하다 그러나 SS가 초기 운전 시 30~50 ppm 정도 유출되지만 SS가 응집핵으로 작용하므로 응집이 가능하게 된다. 기존 고분자막 여과수는 응집핵이 없어서 coagulation은 되지만 floculation이 안되므로 추가적으로 응집보조제인 clay나 벤토나이트를 투여하게 되는데 본 연구에서는 이런 응집보조제 필요 없이 SS 누출만으로 floculation이 되므로 총인처리와 처리수질이 안정성을 도모하고자 하였다. 최종적으로 안정적인 처리수에 고플럭스가 가능한 Metal필터 운전이 MBR 시스템에서 적용가능한지 타당성을 연구하고자 하였다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.12-17
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• 2007

We performed periodic water-back-flushing using permeate water to minimize membrane fouling to enhance permeate flux in tubular ceramic microfiltration system for water treatment of high turbid source. The filtration time (FT) = 2 min with periodic 6 sec water-back-flushing showed the highest value of dimensionless permeate flux ($J/J_o$), and the lowest value of resistance of membrane fouling ($R_f$), and we acquired the highest total permeate volume $(V_T)\;=\;6.805L$. Also in the result of BT effect at fixed FT = 10 min and BT (back-flushing time) = 20 sec showed the lowest value of $R_f$ and the highest value of $J/J_o$, and we could obtain the highest $V_T\;=\;6.660\;L$. Consequently, FT = 2 min and BT = 6 sec could be the optimal condition in water treatment of high turbid source above 10 NTU. However, FT = 10 min and BT = 20 sec was superior to reduce operating costs because of lower back-flushing frequency. Then the average quality of water treated by our tubular ceramic MF system was turbidity of 0.07 NTU, $COD_{Mn}$ of 1.86 mg/L and $NH_3-N$ of 0.007 mg/L.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2010

Coagulation can be used for pretreatment of NF membrane filtration. Foulants such as organic matter and particulate can be removed effectively with the process while high flux recovery is maintained. Recently various types of polyaluminium coagulants including polyaluminium chloride(PAC) are commercially available for water treatment. This study examines effects of polymeric Al and hydrolysis products of PAC on nanofiltration membrane performance. Dominant hydrolysis products were polymeric Al, $Al(OH)_3$, and ${Al(OH)_4}^{-1}$ at acidic, neutral, and alkaline pH conditions, respectively. Under acidic pH condition, flux decline was increased with increasing PAC concentrations, possibly due to polymeric Al adsorption on membrane pore and/or surfaces. For neutral and alkaline pH conditions, little flux decline was observed with increasing PAC concentrations except the highest ${Al(OH)_4}^{-1}$ concentration, with which rapid flux decline was shown. Removal of ionic matters was also varied with pH conditions in this study. Especially, conductivity removal was substantially low and $Ca^{2+}$ concentration in the permeate was quite high at neutral pH condition.

• 멤브레인
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.320-325
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• 2010

화학적 안정성이 양호하고, 제막조건이 온화한 재료인 poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)를 주재료로 사용하여 용매, 첨가제, 혼합고분자 및 제막조건의 변화에 따른 고강도 친수성 정밀여파(microfiltration, MF) 중공사 분리막의 실험에 의해 고찰하였다. 제조된 MF 중공사막의 막성능은 평균 공경 $0.3{\mu}m$, 인장강도 $42kg_f/cm^2$, 순수 투과유량은 600 LMH을 얻었다. 제막과정에서 다양한 첨가제의 막성능을 검토한 결과는 순수투과유량과 제거율에 상당한 영향을 미치고 있음을 알 수 있었다. MF막의 친수성을 개선하기 위해 소수성 PVDF와 상호 용해성 이 좋은 친수성 poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)를 혼합하여 투과성능과 제거율을 개선한 우수한 친수성 MF막을 제조할 수 있었다.