• 상하수도학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.855-864
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• 2009

The main object of this work was to determine the influence of periodic chemical backwash on filtration resistance in membrane filtration system. In this work Hermia's models were used to investigate the fouling mechanisms involved in the microfiltration of $0.45{\mu}m$ filtered sewage feed. Batch microfiltration experiments were performed at transmembrane pressure 0.4 bar and different feed SCOD concentration (9~67 mgSCOD/L). The results showed that the best fit to experimental data corresponded to the intermediate blocking model followed by the standard and complete blocking model for all the experimental conditions tested. From the simulation results of filtration performance, it was found that in order to maintain sustainable operation of membrane filtration system, irreversible foulant component accumulated continuously on membrane surface and/or pore must be effectively removed. In addition, it was verified that periodic chemical backwash using NaOCl or NaOH effectively improved filtration performance of membrane.

• 멤브레인
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2019

알루미나 콜로이드 용액의 막여과에서 막모듈의 중력에 대한 경사각 변화로 유발된 자연대류 불안정 흐름(natural convection instability flow, NCIF)의 콜로이드 물질의 막오염 제어 효과를 정압(constant-pressure) 막여과 시 플럭스 증가와 정투과량(constant-flux) 막여과 시 막차압 감소 정도로 측정하고, 플럭스 결과를 막힘여과 모델로 해석하였다. 막모듈의 경사각이 0°에서 180°로 커지면 NCIF 유발이 증가하여 막오염 제어 효과가 커져 2시간의 막여과에서 플럭스는 최대 2.8배까지 증가하고, 막차압은 최대 85%까지 감소하였다. 막힘여과 모델을 적용하여 NCIF의 유발에 따른 플럭스 결과를 해석하여 운전 시간 15분 이내에서는 중간막힘모델 그 이후에는 케이크여과모델로 평가하는 것이 타당하였다. 막모듈 경사각 180°에서 유발된 NCIF는 15분 이내의 운전 초기에는 중간막힘 오염을 52% 감소시키고, 그 이후의 운전 시간에서는 케이크층 오염을 93% 감소시켰다. 따라서 막모듈에 유발된 NCIF의 주된 막오염 제어기작은 막표면에의 입자상 콜로이드 물질의 케이크층 형성을 억제시키는 것으로 평가하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.18-29
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• 2019

BSA 용액의 전량 한외여과에서 막모듈의 중력에 대한 경사각($0{\sim}180^{\circ}$) 변화에 따라 유발된 자연대류 불안정 흐름(natural convection instability flow; NCIF)의 막오염 제어 효과를 플럭스 증가 정도로 측정하고 막힘여과 모델로 해석하였다. 막모듈의 경사각이 $0^{\circ}$에서 $180^{\circ}$로 커질수록 NCIF 유발이 증가하여 막오염 제어 효과가 커져 플럭스가 증가하였다. NCIF의 유발이 가장 큰 경사각 $180^{\circ}$에서의 플럭스 값을 NCIF의 유발이 없는 $0^{\circ}$에서의 값과 비교한 결과, 2시간의 단기간 운전에서는 플럭스 향상성이 5배, 20시간의 장기간 운전에서는 17배까지 증가하였다. 막힘여과 모델을 적용하여 NCIF의 유발에 따른 플럭스 증가 효과를 해석한 결과, 운전시간 15분 이내에서는 중간막힘 모델 그 이후에는 케이크여과 모델로 해석하는 것이 타당하였다. 막모듈 경사각 $180^{\circ}$에서 유발된 NCIF는 15분 이내의 운전 초기에는 중간막힘 오염을 67%까지 감소시키고, 그 이후의 운전 시간에서는 케이크층 오염을 99.9%까지 감소시켰다. 따라서 막모듈에 유발된 NCIF의 주된 막오염 제어 기작은 케이크층 형성을 억제시키는 것이었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.34-46
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• 2009

$Al_2O_3$ 현탁액의 폴리에틸렌 정밀여과에 있어 역세척이 막오염에 미치는 영향에 대하여 분석하였다. 현탁액의 투과저항은 역세척을 한 경우가 역세척을 하지 않은 경우보다 작았으나 투과저항 증가율은 역세척을 하지 않은 때보다도 더 컸다. 막오염 형태는 역세척을 한 경우나 하지 않은 경우 운전초기에는 케익오염이 지배적이었으며, 이어 세공막힘오염이 나타났고, 정상상태에 도달하면 투과유속은 다시 케익여과 오염에 의해 지배받는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 세척공정에 앞선 막은 운전초기에 세공막힘오염이 케익오염에 앞서 일어났다. 총오염에 대한 케익여과 오염의 비율은 역세척에 관계없이 역세척 전에 비하여 증가하였다. 세공크기가 $0.24{\mu}m$인 막의 투과저항은 세공이 $0.34{\mu}m$인 막에 비해 더 컸으나, 막오염 형태는 세공의 크기가 $0.34{\mu}m$인 막에 비해 케익오염이 작았다. 총오염에 대한 성분오염의 비율은 역세척을 한 경우에는 세공막힘이 약 7.8%, 케익오염 약 92.2%이었고, 역세척을 하지 않은 경우에는 세공막힘은 9.6% 그리고 케익오염이 90.4%이었다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.297-316
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• 2010

Membrane fouling is one of the major operational concerns of membrane processes which results in loss of productivity. This paper investigates the ultrafiltration (UF) results of synthetic oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion using flat sheets of polysulfone (PSf) membrane synthesized with four different compositions. The aim is to identify the mechanisms responsible for the observed permeate flux reduction with time for different PSf membranes. The experiments were carried out at four transmembrane pressures i.e., 68.9 kPa, 103.4 kPa, 137.9 kPa and 172.4 kPa. Three initial oil concentrations i.e., 75 $mgL^{-1}$, 100 $mgL^{-1}$ and 200 $mgL^{-1}$ were considered. The resistance-in-series (RIS) model was applied to interpret the data and on that basis, the individual resistances were evaluated. The significances of these resistances were studied in relation to parameters, namely, transmembrane pressure and initial oil concentration. The total resistance to permeate flow is found to increase with increase in both transmembrane pressure and initial oil concentration while for higher oil concentration, resistance due to concentration polarization is found to be the prevailing resistance. The applicability of the constant pressure filtration models to the experimental data was also tested to explain the blocking process. The study shows that intermediate pore blocking is the dominant mechanism at the initial period of UF while in the later period, the fouling process is found to approach cake filtration like mechanism. However, the duration of pore blocking mechanism is different for different membranes depending on their morphological and permeation properties.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2003

The permeation characteristics of the wastewater containing Si fine particles were examined by ultrafiltration using the polyolefin tubular membrane module. Flux with time was due to the growth of Si cake deposited on the membrane surface and the pore plugging by fine particles. The rate of flux decline in the initial stage increased with the trans-membrane pressure. The pore blocking resistance was the dominant resistance at the initial period of filtration and the cake resistance began to dominate with the initial pore blocking resistance. The larger pores compared with the fine particles, the more the membrane pores could be blocked by the fine particles. Before and after treatment, the distribution of particle size was shifted toward to the left. Then, the average size of fine particles in the permeate was 20 nm.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2018

As membrane fouling is based on various factors, it is a complex phenomenon that is hard to estimate. This study investigated membrane fouling in a thermophilic jet loop membrane bioreactor (JLMBR). With this purpose, four different empirical membrane fouling models with different sludge retention times were applied on the flow data obtained in the system. As a result of the model implementation, it was found for all sludge retention times that, standard blocking is effective in the first 1.5 hours of filtration, while cake filtration was dominant in the remaining duration. Additionally, it was observed that as the sludge retention time increases, membrane fouling rate decreases.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 1999년도 The 7th Summer Workshop of the Membrane Society of Korea
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• pp.95-96
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• 1999

The ultrafiltration behavior of dilute colloidal solution containing Si particles has been investigated. The experiments in cross flow mode have been performed at different operating condition by using the membrane with 20 kDa cut-off. The flux decline was due to the development of membrane fouling which was a dynamic process of two distinctive stages. For the high trans-membrane pressure, the pore blocking resistance was dominant at the initial period of filtraion and was followed by the cake resistance. And for the low cross flow velocity, the membrane fouling was governed by the cake filtration model at the initial stage of filtration process. Flux jump was observed temporally during the membrane filtration of mixed feed solution.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.373-383
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• 2018

Fouling by solids and microorganisms is the major obstacle limiting the efficient use of membrane wastewater treatment. In our previous study, two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system was proposed to treat anaerobic digested palm oil mill effluent (AnPOME). This two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system had showed great potential for the treatment of AnPOME with high removal of COD, $NH_3-N$, $PO_4{^{3-}}$, TSS, turbidity, and colour. However, fouling behavior of the membrane in this two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system was still unknown. In this study, empirical models that describe permeate flux decline for dead-end filtration (pore blocking - complete, intermediate, and standard; and cake layer formation) presented by Hermia were used to fit the experimental results in identifying the fouling mechanism under different experimental conditions. Both centrifuged and non-centrifuged samples were taken from the medium with 3 days RT intervals, from day 0 to day 12 to study their influence on fouling mechanisms described by Hermia for ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) filtration mode. Besides, a more detailed study on the use of resistance-in-series model for deadend filtration was done to investigate the fouling mechanisms involved in membrane filtration of AnPOME collected after microalgae treatment. The results showed that fouling of UF and NF membrane was mainly caused by cake layer formation and it was also supported by the analysis for resistance-in-series model. Whereas, fouling of RO membrane was dominated by concentration polarization.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.425-436
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• 2021

In this study, chemically enhanced steam cleaning(CESC) was applied as a novel and efficient method for the control of organic and inorganic fouling in ceramic membrane filtration. The constant filtration regression model and the resistance in series model(RISM) were used to investigate the membrane fouling mechanisms. For total filtration, the coefficient of determination(R²) with an approximate value of 1 was obtained in the intermediate blocking model which is considered as the dominant contamination mechanism. In addition, most of the coefficient values showed similar values and this means that the complex fouling was formed during the filtration period. In the RISM, R _c/R _f increased about 4.37 times in chemically enhanced steam cleaning compared to physical backwashing, which implies that the internal fouling resistance was converted to cake layer resistance, so that the membrane fouling hardly to be removed by physical backwashing could be efficiently removed by chemically enhanced steam cleaning. The results of flux recovery rate showed that high-temperature steam may loosen the structure of the membrane cake layer due to the increase in diffusivity and solubility of chemicals and finally enhance the cleaning effect. As a consequence, it is expected that chemically enhanced steam cleaning can drastically improve the efficiency of membrane filtration process when the characteristics of the foulant are identified.