• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.632-638
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• 2005

Membrane fouling index such as Silt Density Index (SDI) and Modified Fouling Index (MFI) is an important parameter in design of the integrated RO/NF membrane processes for drinking water treatment. In this study, the effect of particle, membrane and feed water characteristics on membrane fouling index were investigated systematically. Higher fouling index values were observed when filtering suspensions with smaller particle size and higher feed particle concentration. Larger membrane resistance due to smaller pore size resulted in an increased membrane fouling index. The variations of feed water hardness and TDS concentrations did not show any impact on fouling index, suggesting that there were no significant colloidal interactions among particles and thus the porosity of particle cake layer accumulated on the membrane surface could be assumed to be 0.36 according to random packing density. Based on the experimental observations, fundamental membrane fouling index model was developed using Happel Cell. The effect of primary model parameters including particle size ($a_p$), particle concentration ($C_o$), membrane resistance ($R_m$), were accurately assessed without any fitting parameters, and the prediction of membrane fouling index such as MFI exhibited very good agreement with the experimental results.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.93-98
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• 2007

The reliability of innovative membrane contactors technology (i.e. Gas/Liquid Membrane Contactors, Membrane Distillation/Crystallization) is today increasing for seawater desalination processes, where traditional pressure-driven membrane separation units are routinely operated. Furthermore, conventional membrane operations can be integrated with membrane contactors in order to promote possible improvements in process efficiency, operational stability, environmental impact, water quality and cost. Seawater is the most abundant aqueous solution on the earth: the amount of dissolved salts covers about 3% of its composition, and six elements (Na, Mg, Ca, K, Cl, S) account for more than 90% of ionic species. Recent investigations on Membrane Distillation-Crystallization have shown the possibility to achieve significant overall water recovery factors, to limit the brine disposal problem, and to recover valuable salts (i.e. calcium sulphate, sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate) by combining this technology with conventional RO trains. In this work, the kinetics of $CaSO_4{\cdot}2H_2O,\;NaCl\;and\;MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ crystallization is experimentally investigated in order to improve the design of the membrane-based crystallization unit.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.51-52
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• 1994

High permeability, selectivity and stability are the basic properties also required for membrane gas separations. The $CO_2$ separation by liquid membranes has been developed as a new technique to improve the permeability and selectivity of polymeric membranes. Sirkar et al.(1) have atlempted the hollow-fiber contained liquid membrane technique under four different operational modes, and permeation models have been proposed for all modes. Compared to a conventional liquid membrane, the diffusional resistance decreased by the work of Teramoto et al.(2), who referred to a moving liquid membrane. Recently, Shelekhin and Beckman (3) considered the possibility of combining absorption and membrane separation processes in one integrated system called a membrane absorber. Their analysis could be predicted effectively the performance of flat sheet membrane, however, there are restrictions for considering a flow effect. The gas absorption rate is determined by both an interfacial area and a mass transfer coefficient. It can be easily understood that although the mass transfer coefficients in hollow fiber modules are smaller than in conventional contactors, the substantial increase of the interfacial area can result in a more efficient absorber (4). In order to predict a performance in the general system of hollow-fiber membrane absorber, a gas-liquid mass transfor should be investigated inevitably. The influence of liquid velocity on both a mass transfer and a performance will be described, and then compared with experimental results. A present study is attempted to provide the fundamentals for understanding aspects of promising a hollow-fiber membrane absorber.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.147-166
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• 2022

Liquid-liquid membrane contactor (LLMC), a device that exchanges dissolved gas molecules between the two sides of a hydrophobic membrane through membrane pores, can be employed to extract ammoniacal nitrogen from a feed solution, which is transported across the membrane and accumulated in a stripping solution. This LLMC process offers the promise of improving the sustainability of the global nitrogen cycle by cost-effectively recovering ammonia from wastewater. Despite recent technological advances in LLMC processes, a comprehensive review of their feasibility for ammonia recovery is rarely found in the literature. Our paper aims to close this knowledge gap, and in addition to analyze the challenges and provide potential solutions for improvement. We begin with discussions on the operational principles of the LLMC process for ammonia recovery and membrane types and membrane configurations commonly used in the process. We then assess the performance of the process by reviewing publications that demonstrate its practical application. Challenges involved in the implementation of the LLMC process, such as membrane fouling, membrane wetting, and chemical requirements, are presented, along with discussions on potential strategies to address each. These strategies, including membrane modification, hybrid process design, and process optimization based on cost-benefit analysis, guide the reader to identify key areas of future research and development.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.83-93
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• 1993

1950년대 이후 이온교환막이 실용화됨으로써 분리막이 산업분야에 처음으로 활용되기 시작하였으며 1960년대에는 혈액투석막, 정밀여과막, 역삼투막 및 한외여과막이 개발되었고, 특히 이 시대에 Loeb와 Soruirajan이 개발한 비대칭막 제조기술은 매우 큰 의미를 가지며 막분리 기술에 대한 상품화의 기초가 되었다. 1970년대초 Pilot 규모의 Test가 성행하였으며, 특히 1970년대말 미국의 Arizona지역에서 콜로라도강 지류의 염분을 제거하는 방법으로서 역삼투막 처리기술을 채택함으로써 대형 Plant에 대한 막분리 기술의 성능이 입증되었다. 1980년대 이후에도 고도의 분리기능을 가지는 막의 개발과 고효율 System의 개발 및 새로운 용도가 개척되고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.29-32
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• 1994

The increasing environmental risks exert strong demands for the knowledge of environmentally significant compounds and the reduction of such compounds on the earth. The risk reduction can, in principle, be most effectively achieved by minimizing the formation of environmental pollutants, by-products in many cases, during processes in factories, power plants and other sources. This can be done by on-line, real time monitoring the formation of pollutants at the moment when they are formed, and thereby through the feed-back control of the process.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.51-59
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• 1993

해수는 약 3.5%의 여러가지 염류가 용해되어 있는 수용액으로 이러한 용존염류를 제거하여 담수를 얻는 방법으로는 증발법, 냉동법 등과 같이 물의 상변화를 이용하는 방법과 역삼투압법, 전기투석법과 같이 분리막을 이용하여 압력차, 전위차로 분리하는 방법이 실용화되어 있다. 이중에서 역삼투압법은 상변화가 필요없기 때문에 소요에너지가 적고 장치가 Compact하여 설치비 및 설치부지가 적게 든다는 이점을 가지고 있으며, 특히 최근에는 우수한 분리막의 개발 및 공정기술의 향상으로 다른 공정들에 비해 경쟁력을 갖게 되었다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1993.04a
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• pp.34-34
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• 1993

세라믹 분리막은 유기질 막에 비하여 열적, 기계적 및 화학적으로 안정하기 때문에 기존의 유기질 막을 사용하기 어려운 작업 조건 하에서도 응용의 잠재성을 가지고 있다. 본 실험은 disk형태의 다공성 $Al_2O_3$ 담체위에 CVD 법과 Evaporation Oxidation 법에 의해 $Al_2O_3$를 코팅하여 세라믹 분리막을 제조하였다. CVD법에 의한 제조는 Al-isopropoxide를 350$\circ$C에서 담체위에 증착시켜 제조하였으며, Evaporation-Oxidation 법에 의한 제조는 Al을 담체위에 evaporation 시킨 후 dry oxidation 시켜서 제조하였다.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.51-54
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• 2004

Utilization of membranes offers the promise of extraordinary energy savings if successfully applied to hydrocarbon-hydrocarbon and other organic separations. Membranes are bound to enter into refining and petrochemical operations involving liquid separations once appropriate materials and modules are developed. Hybrid processes such as utilizing membrane modules to break azeotropes formed during distillation are particularly attractive because they offer less process complexity and reduced capital investment[1,2].(omitted)

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.97-109
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• 2020

Membrane fouling is the main drawback of membrane technology. Frequent membrane cleaning and membrane replacement are, therefore, required to reduce membrane fouling that causes permeate flux reduction, lower rejection, or higher operating pressure. Studies have proved that the alteration of membrane properties is the key controlling factor in lessening membrane fouling. Among stimuli-responsive membranes, thermo-responsive membrane is the most popular, with a drastic phase transition and swelling-shrinking behavior caused by the temperature change. In this study, the thermo-responsive ability of two commercial membranes, PolyCera® Titan membrane and PolyCera® Hydro membrane, at different temperatures was studied on the antifouling function of the membrane in palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment. The evaluation of the membrane's thermo-responsive ability was done through three cycles of adsorption (fouling) and desorption (defouling) processes in a membrane filtration process. The experimental result depicted that PolyCera® Hydro membrane had a higher membrane permeability of 67.869 L/㎡.h.bar than PolyCera® Titan membrane at 46.011 L/㎡.h.bar. However, the high membrane permeability of PolyCera® Hydro membrane was compensated with low removal efficiency. PolyCera® Titan membrane with a smaller mean pore size had better rejection performance than PolyCera® Hydro membrane for all tested parameters. On the other hand, PolyCera® Titan membrane had a better hydrodynamic cleaning efficiency than PolyCera® Hydro membrane regardless of the hydrodynamic cleaning temperature. The best hydrodynamic cleaning performed by PolyCera® Titan membrane was at 35℃ with the flux recovery ratio (FRR) of 99.17 ± 1.43%. The excellent thermo-responsive properties of the PolyCera® Titan membrane could eventually reduce the frequency of membrane replacement and lessen the use of chemicals for membrane cleaning. This outstanding exploration helps to provide a solution to the chemical industry and membrane technology bottleneck, which is the membrane fouling, thus reducing the operating cost incurred by the membrane fouling.