Ultrafiltration with in-line coagulation for the removal of natural humic acid and membrane fouling mechanism

Experimental and theoretical analysis were made on the natural humic acid removal and the membrane fouling of ultrafiltration （UF） with in-line coagulation. The results showed dissolved organic carbon （DOC） and UV254 removals by the UF with in-line coagulation at pH 7 were increased from 28% to 53% and 40% to 78% in comparison with direct UF treatment respectively. At the same time, the analysis of high performance liquid chromatography showed that UF with coagulation had significant improvement of removal of humic acid with molecular weights less than 6000 Da in particular. Compared to direct UF, the in-line coagulation UF also kept more constant permeate flux and very slight increase oftransmembrane pressure during a filtration circle. Two typical membrane fouling models were used by inducing two coefficients Kc and Kp corresponding to cake filtration model and pore narrowing model respectively. It was found that membrane fouling by pore-narrowing effect was effectively alleviated and that by cake-filtration was much decreased by in-line coagulation. Under the condition of coagulation prior to ultrafiltration at pH 7, the cake layer formed on the membrane surface became thicker, but the membrane filtration resistance was lower than that at pH 5 with the extension of operation time.     

混凝对膜污染的防止作用

研究了混凝改善膜通量和防止膜污染的效果 .结果表明 :直接过滤原水的情况下 ,反冲洗后的膜通量恢复仅为初始通量的40% ;而投加了混凝剂 4mg/L和10mg/L(以Al计 )后 ,反冲洗后的通量得到了完全的恢复 .混凝防止膜污染取决于过滤过程在膜表面形成的滤饼层的性能 .在过滤混凝液的情况下 ,混凝能在膜表面形成滤饼层 ,从而有效地防止膜污染 ,而过滤上清液的情况下 ,无法为混凝去除的中性亲水性的有机物沉积在膜表面 ,造成膜污染 .     

混凝-膜过滤中滤饼层对双酚A的去除强化作用研究

以聚合氯化铝(PAC)和氯化铁(FeCl3)为混凝剂,分析了双酚A(BPA)在1g/L高岭土溶液混凝过程中的特征.并借助循环错流过滤强化污染层累积的方法,评价产生滤饼层的微滤(MF)膜对BPA的截留效果.结果表明:清洁的微滤膜过滤BPA溶液在短时间内达到截留吸附饱和,之后其对BPA的吸附截留作用显著降低;混凝絮体混合液经膜过滤时产生的污染层有利于BPA的去除,且单独混凝对BPA去除率最高的混凝剂投加量下进行膜过滤时的阻力较小.PAC混凝—膜过滤后BPA去除率比单独混凝提高了34.30%;FeCl3混凝—膜过滤后BPA去除率比单独混凝提高了28.38%.初始BPA浓度对混凝-膜过滤去除率有一定影响,BPA浓度为100μg/L时,比BPA浓度为5mg/L时采用2种混凝-微滤膜过滤方式去除率均有提高.     

陶瓷膜强化高钙镁油藏聚合物驱采出水处理工艺研究

高钙镁油藏聚合物驱采出水中高浓度的水解型聚丙烯酰胺（HPAM）,易造成常规“隔油-混凝-过滤/气浮”工艺出水水质恶化和滤料堵塞,因此亟须开发高钙镁油藏聚合物驱采出水处理技术与方法。陶瓷膜因其良好的出水水质和抗污染、耐酸碱清洗等优势在油气田废水处理中日益受到重视。基于高钙镁油藏采出水中HPAM浓度高的难题,以提高出水水质和工艺稳定运行为目的,研究了化学絮凝和臭氧氧化+化学絮凝预处理对陶瓷膜出水水质和膜污染的影响。结果表明:HPAM浓度为500 mg/L的模拟采出水经化学絮凝和臭氧氧化+化学絮凝2种预处理工艺,均能有效地减缓陶瓷膜的污染并提高陶瓷膜出水水质,其中臭氧氧化+化学絮凝+陶瓷膜过滤工艺处理后,出水油含量低于10 mg/L,粒径中值<0.8μm,出水水质符合SY/T 5329—2012《碎屑岩油藏注水水质指标及分析方法》油藏地层空气平均渗透率>0.05μm2的要求,说明臭氧氧化+化学絮凝+陶瓷膜工艺处理高聚合物浓度采出水的可行性。     

污泥性质对动态膜形成和膜污染的影响

以一体式尼龙筛网动态膜生物反应器（DMBR）为研究体系,探讨了正常污泥、膨胀污泥和解体污泥的动态膜形成和膜污染特点,并从胞外聚合物（EPS）、相对疏水性（RH）、污泥混合液粘度（μ）、接触角这些物化性质角度定量研究膜污染机理.研究结果表明,膨胀污泥由于丝状菌累积导致严重的泥饼层污染;解体污泥由于胶体颗粒和可溶性物质沉积...     

复合式膜生物反应器的膜污染控制机理

采用常规膜生物反应器(CMBR)和复合式膜生物反应器(HMBR)处理城市生活污水,对HMBR的膜污染控制机理进行了研究。试验结果表明,HMBR能够有效去除胞外多聚物(EPS),反应器内溶解性EPS(S-EPS)、松散附着性EPS(LB-EPS)和紧密附着性EPS(TB-EPS)的含量比CMBR分别降低了42.8%、41.5%和2.1%。附着性EPS(B-EPS)特别是LB-EPS与活性污泥的物理性能密切相关,随着其含量的降低,HMBR中活性污泥的絮凝性能和沉淀性能比CMBR分别提高了24.4%和34.8%。由于滤饼层污泥主要来源于活性污泥,因此随着活性污泥絮凝性能和沉淀性能的提高,HMBR中的滤饼层比阻比CMBR降低了31.1%。作为结果,当跨膜压差(TMP)到达20 kPa时,HMBR运行了143 d,而CMBR仅运行了57 d。     

超滤的预处理工艺对比研究:化学混凝与电絮凝

对比研究了化学混凝(chemical coagulation,CC)与电絮凝(electrocoagulation,EC)作为超滤膜分离的预处理工艺,在死端过滤条件下与超滤膜的作用机制以及对膜污染的减缓效果.主要研究了Al3+投加量对膜通量、絮体性质(粒径、强度系数、恢复系数、分形维数)、以及滤饼层性质的影响.结果表明,EC作为预处理时,生成的絮体强度大且结构紧实,在膜表面堆积形成的滤饼层具有疏松多孔、亲水性强的性质;而CC作为预处理时,生成的絮体强度低且比较松散,在膜过滤过程中容易被压力压碎压实,导致滤饼层比较密实、亲水性低.因此,EC作为预处理工艺对膜污染的减缓效果好,在运行过程中可以保持较高的膜通量,膜通量较CC高约5.57%.     

Effects of ozonation and coagulation on effluent organic matter characteristics and ultrafiltration membrane fouling

Effluent organic matter （EfOM） is the major cause of fouling in the low pressure membranes process for wastewater reuse. Coagulation and oxidation of biological wastewater treatment effluent have been applied for the fouling control of microfiltration membranes. However, the change in EfOM structure by pre-treatments has not been clearly identified. The changes of EfOM characteristics induced by coagulation and ozonation were investigated through size exclusion chromatography, UV/Vis spectrophotometry, fluorescence spectrophotometry and titrimetric analysis to identify the mechanisms in the reduction of ultrafiltration （UF） membrane fouling. The results indicated that reduction of flux decline by coagulation was due to modified characteristics of dissolved organic carbon （DOC） content. Total concentration of DOC was not reduced by ozonation. However, the mass fraction of the molecules with molecular weight larger than 5 kDa, fluorescence intensity, aromaticity, highly condensed chromophores, average molecular weight and soluble microbial byproducts decreased greatly after ozonation. These results indicated that EfOM was partially oxidized by ozonation to low molecular weight, highly charged compounds with abundant electron- withdrawing functional groups, which are favourable for alleviating UF membrane flux decline.     

Mechanism of calcium mitigating membrane fouling in submerged membrane bioreactors

Two parallel membrane bioreactors (MBRs) were operated under different calcium dosages (168.5, 27 mg/L) to gain a better understanding of the mechanism of retarding membrane fouling by adding calcium. The results showed that the particle size of sludge flocs increased and the particle size distribution tended to be narrow at the optimum dosage (168.5 mg/L). Calcium was effective in decreasing loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (LB-EPS) in microbial flocs and soluble microbial products (SMP) in the supernatant at the dosage of 168.5 mg/L by strengthening the neutralization and bridging of EPS with flocs. Furthermore, the amount of COD_S and COD_C decreased in both the mixed liquor and the fouling cake layer on the membrane surface. In order to compare the filtration characteristics of cake layers from the MBRs with the two calcium dosages, the specific cake resistance and the compressibility coefficient were measured. The specific cake resistance from the MBR with optimum dosage (168.5 mg/L) was distinctly lower than that with low dosage (27 mg/L). The compressibility coefficient of the cake layers under two dosages were respectively attained as 0.65, 0.91. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and three-dimensional confocal scanning laser microscope analysis (CLSM) images were utilized to observe the gel layer directly.     

直接超滤和混凝-超滤组合工艺的膜污染比较

利用滤饼层过滤模型和膜孔窄化模型，结合国产中空纤维超滤膜对提取的天然腐植酸进行直接超滤和混凝－超滤2种工艺的试验结果分析，表明混凝预处理基本消除了膜孔污染，并且大大降低了膜表面滤饼层污染阻力，从而使超滤保持高渗透通量。另外，与原水直接超滤相比，混凝－超滤组合工艺对溶解性天然有机物的去除率较高，DOC去除率从28％提高到53％，UV254去除率从40％提高到78％。     

藻类有机物对纳滤膜去除萘普生效果影响研究

研究了2种藻类(鱼腥藻/小环藻)有机物(AOM)对纳滤膜去除萘普生(NPX)的影响效果.结果表明,在藻类AOM存在的情况下HL纳滤膜对NPX的去除率由63%增加至64.7%(小环藻)和72.7%(鱼腥藻);但同时造成了严重的膜污染,比通量由99.7%下降至89.6%(小环藻)和86.3%(鱼腥藻).研究发现,藻类AOM的中等分子量(1.5~5kDa)发挥了重要的作用,它们主要由疏水性有机物构成,紧密地黏附在膜表面形成滤饼层,使膜表面的疏水性增强.滤饼层的疏水性造成膜通量衰减并提高NPX去除率.研究还表明,鱼腥藻AOM在中等分子的疏水性明显比小环藻的强,造成的膜污染更严重以及更高的NPX去除效果.     

Influence of floc dynamic protection layer on alleviating ultrafiltration membrane fouling induced by humic substances

Cake layer formation is inevitable over time for ultrafiltration (UF) membrane-based drinking water treatment. Although the cake layer is always considered to cause membrane fouling, it can also act as a “dynamic protection layer”, as it further adsorbs pollutants and dramatically reduces their chance of getting to the membrane surface. Here, the UF membrane fouling performance was investigated with pre-deposited loose flocs in the presence of humic acid (HA). The results showed that the floc dynamic protection layer played an important role in removing HA. The higher the solution pH, the more negative the floc charge, resulting in lower HA removal efficiency due to the electrostatic repulsion and large pore size of the floc layer. With decreasing solution pH, a positively charged floc dynamic protection layer was formed, and more HA molecules were adsorbed. The potential reasons were ascribed to the smaller floc size, greater positive charge, and higher roughness of the floc layer. However, similar membrane fouling performance was also observed for the negative and positive floc dynamic protection layers due to their strong looseness characteristics. In addition, the molecular weight (MW) distribution of HA also played an important role in UF membrane fouling behavior. For the small MW HA molecules, the chance of forming a loose cake layer was high with a negatively charged floc dynamic protection layer, while for the large MW HA molecules it was high with a positively charged floc dynamic protection layer. As a result, slight UF membrane fouling was induced.     

分置式厌氧陶瓷膜生物反应器处理模拟生活污水试验研究

为强化厌氧系统的处理效能,延缓厌氧膜生物反应器膜污染速率,采用分置式厌氧陶瓷膜生物反应器处理模拟生活污水.结果表明:厌氧反应器UASB经过60 d的启动,可实现对模拟生活污水的良好处理,COD去除率超过90%;耦合膜组件运行后,膜出水COD在22.58 mg·L~(-1)左右,COD总去除率平均为95.53%,甲烷日均产量为352 mL·d~(-1),产率最高达到0.11 m~3·kg~(-1);跨膜压差(TMP)达到26.81 kPa时膜污染严重,周期为14 d,反冲洗能够去除膜表面的泥饼层,有效地延长膜污染周期;对混合液及滤饼层中的多糖和蛋白质浓度进行了分析,结果表明,蛋白质是引起膜污染的主要物质.     

预涂动态膜强化超滤去除海水中有机物及其对膜污染的影响

以粉末活性炭和硅藻土为涂膜材料,在聚醚砜超滤膜表面形成预涂动态膜,考察了预涂动态膜对海水中有机物的去除效果和作用机制,通过比较分析直接超滤和预涂动态膜过滤海水前后膜表面亲疏水性、形貌结构、粗糙度及膜阻力分布的变化,探讨了活性炭和硅藻土预涂覆对超滤膜污染的影响.结果表明,预涂动态膜可提高超滤膜对海水中溶解有机碳(DOC)和UV_(254)的去除率,活性炭预涂动态膜对海水中DOC和UV_(254)的去除率较直接超滤分别提高11.2%和11.3%.硅藻土预涂膜主要利用超滤膜表面形成的硅藻土滤饼层强化海水中蛋白质类有机物的截留,活性炭对海水中小分子有机物的额外吸附导致海水过滤过程中活性炭预涂膜对有机物的去除效果优于硅藻土预涂膜.与直接超滤相比,预涂动态膜过滤海水后膜表面亲水性更好,膜表面粗糙度更低,膜过滤阻力也更小,活性炭预涂动态膜净化海水时膜过滤总阻力较直接超滤降低50.3%.利用涂膜材料在超滤膜表面形成的滤饼层将超滤膜与有机物进行了"隔离",避免了超滤膜与有机污染物直接接触,降低了小分子有机物在膜孔内的吸附堵塞,能够有效减缓超滤膜的不可逆污染.     

Effect of coagulation pretreatment on the fouling of ultrafiltration membrane

The purpose of this study is to understand the effect and mechanism of preventing membrane fouling, by coagulation pretreatment, in terms of fractional component and molecular weight of natural organic matter （NOM）. A relatively higher molecular weight （MW） of hydrophobic compounds was responsible for a rapid decline in the ultrafiltration flux. Coagulation could effectively remove the hydrophobic organics, resulting in the increase of flux. It was found that a lower MW of neutral hydrophilic compounds, which could remove inadequately by coagulation, was responsible for the slow declining flux. The fluxes in the filtration of coagulated water and supernatant water were compared and the results showed that a lower MW of neutral hydrophilic compounds remained in the supernatant water after coagulation could be rejected by a membrane, resulting in fouling. It was also found that the coagulated flocs could absorb neutral hydrophilic compounds effectively. Therefore, with the coagulated flocs formed on the membrane surface, the flux decline could be improved.     

膜-生物反应器中活性污泥沉降性能与膜污染相关性研究

结合连续流小试，对膜．生物反应器运行过程中，活性污泥沉降性能的变化及其对膜污染的影响进行了研究．结果表明，随着运行时间的增长，该系统内丝状菌大量繁殖，活性污泥沉降性能变差，SVI值升高．随之，膜过滤压差(过滤阻力)平均上升速率有所增加，膜过滤周期缩短．膜过滤压差的“两阶段性(平缓上升期和加速上升期)”变化规律趋于明显，平缓上升期和加速上升期的膜过滤压差上升速率随污泥SVI值的升高分别呈现下降和上升的趋势．污泥沉降性能的变化对膜污染过程产生明显影响．电镜观察表明，污泥沉降性能对膜过滤压差的影响与膜面污染层的结构和厚度有关．     

不同氧化剂降低膜污染效果的研究

采用不同的氧化剂预处理黄浦江原水后进行微滤膜(MF)膜过滤试验,考察预氧化对有机物的去除作用,及其对MF膜过滤特性的影响.结果表明,3种不同氧化剂对有机物的去除效果存在较大差别.臭氧投量在0.5~3.0mg/L范围内,臭氧对DOC和UV254的去除率最高分别为10%和71%;而氯和高锰酸钾对有机物的去除效果则较差.臭氧可将大分子有机物转变成小分子有机物,将大部分疏水性有机物氧化成亲水性有机物.这种有机物组成结构的改变对膜过滤特性产生影响,明显降低了膜污染,膜污染下降率最高可达到22.7%.氯和高锰酸钾的氧化性相对较弱,仅能去除少部分疏水性有机物,对膜污染有较小减缓作用,膜污染下降率最高分别为9%和8.5%.     

混凝处理防止膜污染的作用与机理

通过膜过滤混凝上清液的方法 ,并比较膜进水和透过水中有机物相对分子质量分布的变化 ,探讨了混凝防止膜污染的作用和机理 .结果表明 ,相对分子质量大于 10 0 0的有机物是造成膜污染的主要因素 ,而相对分子质量小于 10 0 0的有机物对膜污染的影响较小 .尽管混凝能有效地去除相对分子质量较大的有机物 ,但混凝防止膜污染的效果与其投加量有密切的关系 .较低的混凝投加量 (2 5mg·L- 1 )防止膜污染的效果较差 ,较大的投加量 (>5 0mg·L- 1 )防止膜污染的效果较好 .UV2 54能更好地反映有机物对膜污染的影响程度 ,如何有效地去除这类有机物是防止膜污染的关键 .混凝防止膜污染的效果与去除相对分子质量大于 10 0 0的UV2 54的程度密切相关 .试验结果表明 ,混凝去除这类有机物的效果达到 5 0 %时 ,可有效地防止膜污染     

Membrane fouling reduction through electrochemically regulating flocs aggregation in an electro-coagulation membrane reactor

Coupling coagulation and applied electric field is an efficient method to regulate cake layer porosity and hydrophilicity for alleviating ultrafiltration membrane (UF) fouling. However, the Al/Fe flocs aggregation behavior are induced from electric field and determine the cake layer structure, which has not been studied comparatively yet. Herein, the anti-fouling performance in an efficient electro-coagulation membrane reactor (ECMR, in which UF membrane modules are placed between electrodes) was investigated with Al/Fe anode and various electrochemical parameters from the viewpoint of regulating flocs aggregation. Both the cake layers formed from Al and Fe flocs under an electric field were more porous and hydrophilic in comparison with that formed without electric fields, resulting in an enhanced water flux under higher electric field strength. Comparing with Fe flocs, Al flocs had a faster growth rate and larger size, facilitating membrane pore block resistant, which was more pronounced in a higher current density. Furthermore, the cake layer formed from Al flocs was more porous than that formed from Fe flocs. Therefore, the anti-fouling performance of ECMR with Al anode was superior to that of ECMR with Fe anode. When the electric field strength increased from 0 to 10?V/cm, the normalized specific flux was improved from 71.2% to 89.4% for ECMR (Al) and from 48.1% to 70.1% for ECMR (Fe) at 30?min.     

附加电场对中空纤维膜污染的减缓作用

通过对新型附加电场的中空纤维膜组件的实验室研究,探讨了电场对缓解微滤膜污染的作用.在恒定流量下过滤含有20mg/L腐殖酸的原水,无电压时,跨膜压力从0.0200MPa上升到0.0300MPa耗时2h,而施加60V电压时该时间段延长至10h.研究表明,原水中的腐殖酸在电场中发生电泳迁移,减少了向膜表面的移动,其对膜的污染被减缓;同时腐殖酸在电场中发生凝聚现象,沉积在膜表面形成疏松的滤饼层,是跨膜压力增加缓慢的另一原因.