超滤处理东江水过程中反冲洗和化学清洗优化研究

采用超滤工艺处理东江水源水,通过炭泥回流超滤和直接超滤中试研究发现,尽管炭泥回流预处理可以减缓膜污染,但效果并不显著。反冲洗为缓解膜可逆污染的主要方法,通过对反冲洗的优化,可以有效缓解膜污染。通过正交实验对气洗强度,水洗强度,水反洗时间,气洗时间进行优化,确定最佳的气洗强度为48 m~3/(m~2·h)、水洗强度为80L/(m~2·h)、水反洗时间为5min、气洗时间为5min。对于不可逆污染,可以通过化学清洗来恢复超滤膜性能。采用NaOH和NaClO相结合的化学清洗方式对浸没式超滤膜的清洗效果最好,跨膜压差恢复率为94%。     

生物活性炭滤池/超滤组合工艺处理华南山区水库水

我国农村供水设施普遍存在分散与运行管理落后的问题,导致广大农村地区的饮用水安全得不到保障。针对华南某山区优质水库水源水开发了生物活性炭耦合超滤(BAC/UF)的短流程工艺,通过考察直接超滤(UF)工艺和BAC/UF工艺的净水效能和膜污染状况,分析了短流程超滤工艺在农村供水工程中应用存在的优势和不足。结果表明,超滤优异的截留性能能够确保产水浊度低于0.1 NTU,但对水中的氨氮去除效果较差(去除率40%),产水的氨氮指标不能满足国标要求,而BAC/UF工艺凭借生物降解作用,可以有效去除氨氮(平均去除率达96.54%),同时还能够提高对有机物的去除效果(平均去除率达35.38%),减缓超滤膜的污染。综上,对于山区水库水等优质水源,可采用BAC/UF工艺保障饮用水水质安全。     

BPAC对超滤膜处理微污染源水过程中膜污染的控制

采用粉末活性炭(PAC)与超滤膜(UF)相结合,经微生物富集形成生物粉末活性炭/超滤(BPAC/UF)系统,并以天津工业大学畔湖水模拟饮用水水源,考察该工艺的膜污染情况。结果表明:BPAC/UF系统可以很好地去除NH3-N,去除率达65%,对CODMn也有一定的去除效果;相对于UF系统,BPAC/UF系统可以减缓膜污染;生物活性炭对水中有机物的降解避免了有机物堵塞膜孔,减缓了不可逆污染;生物活性炭的形成使得系统中的EPS含量增加,这是造成膜表面滤饼层形成速率过快的主要原因。     

O3／H2O2艺去除饮用水中2-MIB的效能与机制

以2-甲基异莰醇（MIB）为嗅味物质的代表物,采用过氧化氢／臭氧氧化（O3／H2O2）工艺去除水中嗅味物质,考察了O3／H2O2工艺对水中2一MIB的去除效能与主导作用机制。研究表明,投加H2O2显著提高了单独0,氧化对2-MIB的去除效能,H2O2与O3最佳物质的量比为0．3：1,且2-MIB去除效果随pH值的升高而升高。叔丁醇对2-MIB的去除表现出显著的抑制作用,在O3氧化2-MIB过程中,除O3分子氧化2-MIB外,O3在水中自分解产生的强氧化性的羟基自由基（HO·）也具有协同氧化作用。不同浓度的天然有机物（NOM）对2-MIB去除效果的影响不同,较低浓度的NOM促进了2-MIB的去除,但随着其浓度的升高,2-MIB去除率明显降低。O3／H2O2工艺对水中2-MIB表现出良好的去除效果,是强化去除水中2-MIB等致臭微量有机物的重要工艺。     

预处理对东江原水超滤过程中膜污染的控制作用

以珠江流域东江水作为原水,研究不同预处理(混凝、吸附、氧化)及其组合对水体中有机污染物的去除效果及对超滤膜污染的控制作用。试验结果表明,针对东江原水中天然有机物的去除,聚合氯化铝(PACl)、粉末活性炭(PAC)和高锰酸钾(KMnO4)的最佳投加量分别为20、30、0. 1 mg/L;三种单一预处理方法能够在一定程度上缓解膜通量衰减,而两两组合预处理则能够进一步提高膜运行通量;对于聚偏氟乙烯膜,PACl+PAC组合预处理对膜污染的控制作用最好。对于UV254和蛋白质,PACl和KMn O4对其去除效果优于PAC;对于多糖,三种预处理方法对其去除效果均不佳(<40%),其中PAC略好于PACl和KMn O4。此外,三种单一预处理方法对腐殖酸类荧光物质的去除效果高于蛋白质类荧光物质,而组合预处理能够更加显著地降低这两类荧光物质的响应强度,其中PACl+PAC组合预处理对有机物各荧光组分的去除效果最佳。通过对膜污染物成分的识别分析可知,东江原水中造成超滤膜污染的物质有腐殖酸类、多糖类和蛋白质类物质,而化学不可逆污染物主要为多糖类物质及少量的腐殖酸类物质,化学可逆污染物主要为蛋白质类物质及部分腐殖酸类物质。     

MIBR-纳滤系统中的膜污染及清洗

综述了膜污染的机理和清洗方法,在MIBR,纳滤组合工艺处理生活污水为再生水的现场中试中,采用1％NaOH,1％H2SO4及2％5％NaClO对MIBR和MBR中空纤维膜进行了清洗,对比了MBR和MIBR膜清洗的效果,证明MIBR膜的清洗效果更好,同时,采用酸（pH=2）、碱（pH=12）液对纳滤膜进行了清洗,结果表明酸清洗后的效果更好。     

外压浸入式超滤膜反洗方式研究

气水反冲洗是外压浸入式超滤膜去除膜污染的主要措施,采用此膜处理供水厂的生产废水,考察了反洗液位、反洗方式、反洗强度及反洗时间等因素对去除膜污染的影响。结果表明,若要达到理想的反冲洗效果,反洗时膜池内的液位要高于膜组件,且气洗时间≥30 s、水洗时间≥20 s;气水同时反冲洗的效果要优于单独气洗或水洗。综合考虑反冲洗效果、用水量和能耗等因素,确定最佳的反洗模式为先单独气洗20 s、然后气水同时反冲洗20 s,其中气洗强度为143 L/(m2.h)、水洗流量为3.5 t/h。     

浸没式方型超滤膜装置处理沉后水的中试研究

以沉后水为原水,研究了方型超滤膜装置的影响因素和处理效果。结果表明,跨膜压差和温度均对膜通量产生影响;随着累计过滤水量的增加,跨膜压差增大;超滤膜组件对浊度的去除效果很好,出水浊度在0．007～0．12NTU,且不受原水水质的影响;超滤膜组件对有机物的去除效果较差,CODM。去除率不足14％。     

磁性离子交换树脂与超滤膜联用处理淮河原水

采用磁性离子交换树脂(MIEX)/混凝沉淀/超滤膜(UF)工艺处理淮河原水,考察了对有机物的去除特性以及MIEX预处理控制膜污染的效果.结果表明:UF出水浊度稳定在0.1NTU以下,粒径>2 μm的颗粒数平均为11个/mL,粒径>10μm的颗粒物被完全去除;组合工艺对CODMn和UV254的去除率分别为75.3%和90%,且能有效去除不同分子质量区间的有机物;系统对疏水性有机物(HOM)、弱疏水性有机物(WHOM)、荷电亲水有机物(HIC)的去除效果均较好,去除率分别为94.6%、82.7%和81.3%;组合工艺对三卤甲烷生成势(THMFP)和卤乙酸生成势(HAAFP)的去除率分别为90.7%和87.6%;MIEX预处理可有效减缓膜污染,运行期间超滤膜的跨膜压差上升缓慢,经水力反冲洗后跨膜压差就基本得到恢复.     

单胞藻浓缩液制备中超滤膜清洗方法的研究

研究了浓缩单细胞藻后超滤膜的几种清洗方法,探讨了物理法清洗的持续时间,比较了3种清洗剂(5.0 mL/L HCl、5.0 g/L NaOH和5.0 g/L NaClO溶液)的清洗效果,以及水温对5.0 mL/L HCl和5.0 g/LNaClO溶液清洗效果的影响。结果表明:过滤单细胞藻后,污染超滤膜的几种清洗方法的最佳清洗时间分别为,用物理法反冲洗30 min,用5.0 mL/L HCl溶液冲洗10 min,用5.0 g/L NaClO冲洗10 min。水温小于30℃时,采用5.0 g/L NaClO溶液清洗效果较好,膜恢复率为95.1%;大于30℃时,采用5.0 mL/LHCl溶液清洗效果较好,最高恢复率为95.9%。     

Irreversible membrane fouling during ultrafiltration of surface water

For more efficient use of membranes, the control of irreversible membrane fouling, which can be defined as fouling requiring chemical reagents to be mitigated, is of importance. In this study, irreversible fouling caused by constituents in surface water was investigated, based on a long-term pilot scale study. The membrane employed was a low-pressure hydrophobic ultrafiltration (UF) membrane made of polysulfone and having a molecular weight cutoff of 750,000 Da. Various chemical reagents were examined to overcome the irreversible fouling that had developed through 5 months of continuous filtration. Among the tested cleaning reagents, alkaline (NaOH) and oxidizing reagent (NaClO) showed good performance in the restoration of membrane permeability, which implied that organic matter played an important role in the development of the irreversible fouling in this study. Chemical analysis, adsorptive fractionation methods, fluorescence excitation-emission matrix (EEM) and Fourie-transformed infra-red (FTIR) spectra analysis were applied to elucidate which fraction of organic matter caused the irreversible fouling. All of the analysis indicated that polysaccharide-like organic matter was responsible for the evolution of the irreversible fouling. In addition to organic matter, presumably iron and manganese also contributed to the irreversible fouling to some extent.     

生物粉末活性炭/超滤组合工艺处理微污染原水

针对微污染原水中存在的有机物和氨氮等污染物,采用生物粉末活性炭/超滤(BPAC/UF)组合工艺进行处理。结果表明,当进水氨氮浓度较低时,硝化细菌活性较差,无法充分发挥生物降解作用,氨氮去除率较低,同时有机物去除率也较低;当进水氨氮浓度在0. 6 mg/L左右时,可以形成稳定的生物活性炭,组合工艺对氨氮的去除率较高,且对有机物的去除率较为稳定。进水中主要以分子质量<5 ku的有机物为主,组合工艺对这部分有机物的去除率也最高。组合工艺对疏水性物质的去除,主要依靠生物粉末活性炭的吸附降解和膜面滤饼层的截留作用。NaClO强化反冲洗可以很好地降低跨膜压差的增长速度,当NaClO浓度为400 mg/L、反冲洗时间为10min时可达到最佳清洗效果。     

Identification and quantification of major organic foulants in treated domestic wastewater affecting filterability in dead-end ultrafiltration

Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes can be used after conventional wastewater treatment to produce particle free and hygienically safe water for reuse. However, membrane fouling affects the performance of UF to a large extent. Stirred cell tests with UF membrane show high flux decline filtering treated domestic wastewater. Investigation on the impact of size fractioned substances indicates that dissolved substances are major foulants affecting water filterability. Dissolved organic substances in feed and permeate samples of the stirred cell tests are analyzed by liquid chromatography with online organic carbon detection (LC-OCD). The resulting chromatograms displayed a significant difference of feed and permeate samples in the range of large molecules identified as biopolymer peak. The substances detected in this peak (mostly macro polysaccharide-like and protein-like molecules) are almost completely retained by UF membranes. Quantified investigation shows that biopolymer concentration influences filterability of corresponding water sample proportionally. The apparent magnitude of delivered biopolymer to membrane has a striking correlation with fouling resistance. The relationship was verified to be reproducible using different water samples. Mechanism analysis demonstrates that based on the delivered biopolymer load to membrane pore blocking or cake/gel fouling is the main fouling mechanism in the present experiment conditions.     

Adsorption combined with ultrafiltration to remove organic matter from seawater

Organic fouling and biofouling are the major severe types of fouling of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in seawater (SW) desalination. Low pressure membrane filtration such as ultrafiltration (UF) has been developed as a pre-treatment before reverse osmosis. However, UF alone may not be an effective enough pre-treatment because of the existence of low-molecular weight dissolved organic matter in seawater. Therefore, the objective of the present work is to study a hybrid process, powdered activated carbon (PAC) adsorption/UF, with real seawater and to evaluate its performance in terms of organic matter removal and membrane fouling. The effect of different PAC types and concentrations is evaluated. Stream-activated wood-based PAC addition increased marine organic matter removal by up to 70% in some conditions. Moreover, coupling PAC adsorption with UF decreased UF membrane fouling and the fouling occurring during short-term UF was totally reversible. It can be concluded that the hybrid PAC adsorption/UF process performed in crossflow filtration mode is a relevant pre-treatment process before RO desalination, allowing organic matter removal of 75% and showing no flux decline for short-term experiments.     

Studies on the effect of humic acids and phenol on adsorption-ultrafiltration process performance

Application of pressure-driven membrane processes, such as ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) for surface water treatment have become very popular during last decades. Membrane fouling by humic substances (HS) is one of the major limiting factors in these processes. In order to alleviate the unfavorable effects of the presence of HS in the feed on the process performance UF and MF are often combined with adsorption on powdered activated carbon (PAC). The main goal of the present study was to evaluate the effect of humic acid (HA) on membrane fouling during UF. Moreover, the effect of PAC addition to the feed on UF process, especially on flux decline was determined. The applicability of the adsorption-ultrafiltration (PAC/UF) system to purification of water containing low (phenol) and high molecular (HA) was also investigated. Three different polymer UF membranes, prepared from polysulfone (PSF), cellulose acetate (CA) or polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were applied. It was found that the membranes prepared from PSF and CA are very susceptible to fouling caused by HA. The permeate flux decreased for ca. 50% during UF of HA solution through the PSF membrane and for ca. 45%-through the CA membrane. In the case of the PAN membrane, a negligible effect of HA on the flux was observed. On the basis of the FTIR spectra it was found that the drop in the permeate flux through these membranes may result from interactions between the negatively charged functional groups present on the membrane surface, such as carboxyl groups (CA) and sulfone groups (PSF) with HA, which results in coating of the membrane surface with HA. When PAC was added to the feed containing HA, the permeate flux through the CA and PAN membranes was maintained on a practically unchanged level. However, in case of the PSF membrane, a 50% drop in the permeate flux in comparison with the flux value, when process was conducted without PAC addition was observed. That was supposed to be due to attractive forces among hydrophobic PAC particles, HA molecules and PSF membrane surface. The performed studies showed that the application of PAC/UF system was very effective in the removal of organic substances having both, low and high molecular weights. The role of PAC suspended in a feed in the PAC/UF system is the adsorption of low molecular organic compounds, which cannot be removed by UF alone.     

浸没式膜工艺处理滦河水的膜污染清洗技术研究

对浸没式膜工艺处理滦河原水过程中采用的三种膜污染清洗技术进行了中试研究.试验结果表明,对膜定期进行反冲洗是防治膜污染的必要手段.EFM操作是防治膜污染的有效措施.EFM执行时间和清洗剂浓度对清洗效果有一定影响,在该试验工况下,EFM执行时间在45～60 min较为合适,清洗剂选择0.41%NaOH和800 mg/L NaClO为宜.化学清洗可使膜性能得到极大恢复,对于高温高藻期滦河水,碱洗效果要比酸洗效果好.操作优化试验表明,化学清洗前进行3次物理清洗可最大发挥物理清洗的强化作用;化学清洗后进行4次物理清洗可避免清洗残留液对正常过滤的出水水质造成影响.     

Degradation of natural organic matter by TiO2 photocatalytic oxidation and its effect on fouling of low-pressure membranes

Natural organic matter (NOM) fouling continues to be the major barrier to efficient application of microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) in drinking water treatment. In this study, the potential of TiO2/UV photocatalytic oxidation to control fouling of membranes by NOM was evaluated. Decomposition kinetics of NOM was investigated using a commercial TiO2 catalyst, and the effect of various experimental parameters including TiO2 dosage and initial total organic carbon (TOC) concentration were also determined. The reaction kinetics was found to increase with increasing TiO2 dosage, but decrease with increasing initial TOC concentration. Even though the rate of TOC removal was relatively low, the TiO2/UV process was very effective in controlling membrane fouling by NOM. At a TiO2 concentration of 0.5 g/L, fouling of both an MF and a UF membrane was completely eliminated after 20 min of treatment. Careful analyses of specific UV absorbance (SUVA) and molecular weight (MW) distribution of NOM revealed that the effectiveness in membrane fouling control is the result of the changes in NOM molecular characteristics, namely MW and SUVA due to the preferential removal and transformation of large, hydrophobic NOM compounds. Results from this study show that TiO2/UV photocatalytic oxidation is a promising pretreatment method for MF and UF systems.     

Reversible and irreversible low-pressure membrane foulants in drinking water treatment: Identification by principal component analysis of fluorescence EEM and mitigation by biofiltration pretreatment

With the increased use of membranes in drinking water treatment, fouling - particularly the hydraulically irreversible type - remains the main operating issue that hinders performance and increases operational costs. The main challenge in assessing fouling potential of feed water is to accurately detect and quantify feed water constituents responsible for membrane fouling. Utilizing fluorescence excitation-emission matrices (EEM), protein-like substances, humic and fulvic acids, and particulate/colloidal matter can be detected with high sensitivity in surface waters. The application of principal component analysis to fluorescence EEMs allowed estimation of the impact of surface water constituents on reversible and irreversible membrane fouling. This technique was applied to experimental data from a two year bench-scale study that included thirteen experiments investigating the fouling potential of Grand River water (Ontario, Canada) and the effect of biofiltration pre-treatment on the level of foulants during ultrafiltration (UF). Results showed that, although the content of protein-like substances in this membrane feed water (= biofiltered natural water) was much lower than commonly found in wastewater applications, the content of protein-like substances was still highly correlated with irreversible fouling of the UF membrane. In addition, there is evidence that protein-like substances and particulate/colloidal matter formed a combined fouling layer, which contributed to both reversible and irreversible fouling. It is suggested that fouling transitions from a reversible to an irreversible regime depending on feed composition and operating time. Direct biofiltration without prior coagulant addition reduced the protein-like content of the membrane feed water which in turn reduced the irreversible fouling potential for UF membranes. Biofilters also decreased reversible fouling, and for both types of fouling higher biofilter contact times were beneficial.     

Identification and understanding of fouling in low-pressure membrane (MF/UF) filtration by natural organic matter (NOM)

An understanding of natural organic matter (NOM) as a membrane foulant and the behavior of NOM components in low-pressure membrane fouling are needed to provide a basis for appropriate selection and operation of membrane technology for drinking water treatment. Fouling by NOM was investigated by employing several innovative chemical and morphological analyses.

Source (feed) waters with a high hydrophilic (HPI) fraction content of NOM resulted in significant flux decline. Macromolecules of a relatively hydrophilic character (e.g. polysaccharides) were effectively rejected by low-pressure membranes, suggesting that macromolecular compounds and/or colloidal organic matter in the hydrophilic NOM fraction may be a problematic foulant of low-pressure membranes. Moreover, the significant organic fouling that is contributed by polysaccharides and/or proteins in macromolecular and/or colloidal forms depends on molecular shape (structure) as well as size (i.e. molecular weight). More significant flux decline was observed in microfiltration (MF) compared to ultrafiltration (UF) membrane filtration. MF membrane fouling may be caused by pore blockage associated with large (macromolecular) hydrophilic molecules and/or organic colloids. In the case of UF membranes, the flux decline may be caused by sequential or simultaneous processes of surface (gel layer) coverage during filtration. Morphological analyses support the notion that membrane roughness may be considered as a more important factor in membrane fouling by controlling interaction between molecules and the membrane surface, compared to the hydrophobic/hydrophilic character of membranes. Membrane fouling mechanisms are not only a function of membrane type (MF versus UF) but also depend on source (feed) water characteristics.