• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.323-331
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• 2020

With the increasing demand on reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for water purification worldwide, the number of disposed membrane elements is expected to increase accordingly. Thus, recycling and reuse of end-of-life RO membranes should be a global environmental action. In this work, we aim to reuse the spent RO membrane for nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) process by subjecting the spent membrane to solvent and oxidizing solution treatment, respectively. Our results showed that solvent-treated RO membrane could perform as good as commercial NF membrane by achieving similar separation efficiencies, but with reduced water permeability due to membrane surface fouling. By degrading the polyamide layer of RO membrane, the transformed membrane could achieve high water permeability (85.6 L/㎡.h.bar) and excellent rejection against macromolecules (at least 87.4%), suggesting its reuse potential as UF membrane. More importantly, our findings showed that in-situ transformation on the spent RO membrane using solvent and oxidizing solution could be safely conducted as the properties of the entire spiral wound element did not show significant changes upon prolonged exposure of these two solutions. Our findings are important to open up new possibilities for the discarded RO membranes for reuse in NF and UF process, prolonging the lifespan of spent membranes and promoting the sustainability of the membrane process.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1998년도 심포지움시리즈 Jan-98 역삼투용 분리막 기술 및 응용
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• pp.31-55
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• 1998

1. Performance of RO membrane depends on chain structure (packing density) 2. Crosslinking of main chain is essential for the high performance RO membranes 3. Various bisphenols and polyaminostyrene can be promising materials for the fabrication of RO membranes. 4. By using of blend technique of reactant, we can expect broad spectrum of RO membrane and synergetic effects in membrane performance.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1998년도 심포지움시리즈 Jan-98 역삼투용 분리막 기술 및 응용
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• pp.1-30
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• 1998

1. RO History 2. Asymmetric Membranes by Phase Inversion 3. Thin Film Composite (TFC) Membrane 4. Structure and Property Relationship of TFC Membrane 5. Membrane Materials 6. Tranport Mechanism(Model) 7. Membrane Characters in Separation Process 8. Concentration Polarization and Fouling Phenomenon 9. RO Membrane Module Configuration and System Design 10. Futrue Trend in RO Industry

• 멤브레인
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.78-95
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• 1991

미국 캘리포니아주 Orange County에 위치한 Water Factory 21(WF-21)은 생물학적 처리공정을 거친 도시하수를 재생하여, 이 재생수를 지하수지층으로 유입되는 해수의 침투를 막기 위한 Reinjection System에 이용하고 있다. 장치 구성 공정은 Lime처리, Air Stripping, 사여과, 활성탄처리, 역삼투막 및 염소처리 등으로 이루어지며, 이에 대한 각 처리공정의 효율성에 대하여 실험을 실시하였다. 3년간의 장기간에 걸친 실험결과로부터, 도시하수에 대한 RO Membrane 처리수는 음료 수질 기준에 적합한 고수질의 물을 생성할 수 있음을 입증했다. Pilot Plant 실험에선 Lime Clarifier만으로 전처리를 실시하여 성공적인 결과를 얻었으며, 또한 저압 (250 psi)이 적용된 새로운 Membrane을 사용하여 에너지 절약을 통한 비용 절감 효과에 대한 실험도 상당한 가능성을 보여주었다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2016

This study compares characteristic of membrane fouling in MBR-RO systems. In lab. scale MBRs test, MBRs were operated at different Flux(10, 20, 30 & 40 LMH) and temperature(10, 15, 20, 25 & $30^{\circ}C$). The results show that MBR permeate was measured lower amounts of organic substances in Higher flux and lower temperature and led to lower RO fouling rates. The main cause was that due to cake fouling formed on membrane surfaces in MBRs. Under both cases, Cake layer of membrane surfaces formed in MBRs removed RO fouling factors, polysaccharide and protein, because of cake layer attached on membrane surfaces greater amounts of organic substances. This study implies that optimization of MBR with operating conditions is a crucial strategy to RO membrane fouling control.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2004

This study investigated the phenomena of membrane fouling by NOM and the effect of the fouling on removal of micro-pollutants. NOM has a great effect on decline of permeate flux. Permeate flow rate was reduced by 88% in RO and 34.8% in NF for 323hr operation period. Removal rate of $UV_{254}$, is 87.4% in RO and 78.5% in NF and removal rate of DOC is 42.7% in RO and 32.9% in NF for 2mg/l humic acid. Removal efficiency of the micro-pollutants by the RO and NF membranes fouled by humic acid was mostly lower than that by the new membrane. The concentration polarization which affects the flux and the rejection was thought to occur in the active layer of the membrane, as the membrane was getting fouled.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.391-399
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• 2016

In this study, carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) was used as an inhibitor of scale production on the surface of RO membrane. In order to compare the effects of $CO_2$ injection on scale production, four RO modules: 1) without $CO_2$ injection and anti-scalant (RO module #1), 2) with only $CO_2$ injection (RO module #2), 3) with only anti-scalant (RO module #3), 4) with both $CO_2$ injection and anti-scalant (RO module #4), were operated for 60 days under constant flux mode. The trans-membrane pressure (TMP) was observed to decrease significantly in RO modules with $CO_2$ injection as compared with the other RO modules. When the feed water pH was controlled at 5.0 by injecting $CO_2$, the maximum TMP in RO modules #2 and #4 was founded to decrease by 42 and 40%, respectively. Moreover, the $Ca^{2+}$ concentration in the concentrate was 20mg/L lower in RO modules without $CO_2$ injection which is attributed to the scale formation on the surface of the RO membranes. The SEM-EDS analysis further showed a serious fouled RO membrane surface in RO modules #1 and #3.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.2205-2213
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• 2000

NF와 RO를 이용한 용존성 물질의 제거특성을 관찰하기 위해 UF로 전처리된 지하수가 파일럿플랜트에 6개월 동안 연속 공급되었다. 그리고 NF와 RO에서 발생한 막 오염의 특성을 파악하고 막 오염물질을 규명하기 위해서 파일럿플랜트에서 NF와 RO를 분리하여 autopsy test를 실시하였다. Autopsy test에서는 파일럿플랜트에서 사용된 막의 투과플럭스와 화학세정에 따른 플럭스의 회복율을 측정하였다. 아울러 여기서 발생한 폐세정액의 수질을 분석하여 막 오염물질의 구성성분을 알아보고자 하였다. NF와 RO1의 비플럭스는 운전시간 100일 이후에 급격히 감소하기 시작하였고 RO1에서의 감소율이 NF에서보다 컸다. 회수율이 낮온 RO2의 비플럭스는 점진적으로 감소하였다. 파일럿플랜트에서 용존성 무기물질의 제거율은 전기전도도로 NF, RO1, RO2 막에서 각각 76.3%, 88.2%, 95.3%로 RO2에서 가장 높았다. 용존성 유기물질의 제거율은 TOC로 80%정도였다. 와권형 NF와 RO의 막 오염은 원수 유입부보다는 농축수 유출부에서 많이 발생하였다. 이것은 유출부로 갈수록 막면선속도가 낮아지고 원수 중 오염물질의 농도가 높아졌기 때문이다. 막 오염물질의 주성분은 무기성 Ca염과 유기성 Si염인 것으로 생각되며 비가역적 막 오염에 기여도가 가장 큰 물질은 Fe인 것으로 생각된다. 막 오염물질의 형상을 SEM으로 관찰한 결과 최근접 표면에 유기물질이 부착되어 있고 그 위에 판상모양의 무기성분이 쌓여 있는 형태가 관찰되었다. 미생물 막 오염은 거의 관찰되지 않았는데 이것은 UF에서 1차로 대부분의 미생물이 제거되었기 때문이다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.70-77
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• 2024

In this study, a fluorescent ethanol sensor is developed to determine the ethanol concentration in the liquid phase. The sensor is developed using a complex of resazurin (RA)/resorufin (RO) and a hydrotalcite (HT) catalyst in a sol-gel matrix of methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) to produce a fluorescent ethanol-sensing membrane (RA/RO^*HT membrane). The operation mechanism of the RA/RO^*HT membrane is based on (i) the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde and (ii) the reduction of RA to RO, through electron flows followed by EtOH ↔ HT ↔ RA/RO ↔ EtOH interactions. These possible redox reactions can lead to an increased fluorescence intensity of the RA/RO^*HT membrane as the ethanol concentration increases. The RA/RO^*HT membrane shows a linear detection range of 1-20 vol.% EtOH with limit of detection (LOD) of 0.178%. Additionally, the RA/RO^*HT membrane has high sensitivity and accuracy for determining the alcohol content in several Korean alcoholic beverages.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.312-317
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• 2005

The 15 month pilot study was performed to investigate the effect of pretreatment by monochloramine ($NH_2Cl$) on the performance of RO membranes made of cellulose acetate (CA) and polyamide (PA). Both RO membranes experienced severe biological fouling without any pretreatment during the treatment of highly organic surface water in Florida, USA. Feed monochloramination at 5 mg/L significantly minimized productivity loss by effective control of biofouling. The CA membrane did not show any structural damages by monochloramine, while the PA membrane suffered from a gradual loss of membrane integrity by chlorine oxidation, which was characterized as an increase in productivity and a decrease in selectivity. The degradation of PA membrane increased with increasing monochloramine dose.