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Biofouling of Spiral Wound Membrane Systems - Johannes Simon Vrouwenvelder, Joop Kruithof, Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht

Biofouling of Spiral Wound Membrane Systems

Buch | Softcover
355 Seiten
2011
IWA Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84339-363-4 (ISBN)
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This book relates biomass accumulation in spiral wound RO and NF membrane elements with membrane performance and hydrodynamics and determines parameters influencing biofouling.
The study of membrane biofouling has increased strongly in the past four years, compared to the previous twenty two years, indicated by the more than doubling of the number of scientific papers. However, no single source gives an updated overview of biofouling. Biofouling of Spiral Wound Membrane Systems gives a complete and comprehensive overview of all aspects of biofouling, bridging the gap between microbiology, hydraulics and membrane technology. 


High quality drinking water can be produced with membrane filtration processes like reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF). As the global demand for fresh clean water is increasing, these membrane technologies are increasingly important. One of the most serious problems in RO/NF applications is biofouling – excessive growth of biomass – affecting the performance of the RO/NF systems. This can be due to the increase in pressure drop across membrane elements (feed-concentrate channel), the decrease in membrane permeability or the increase in salt passage. These phenomena result in the need to increase the feed pressure to maintain constant production and to clean the membrane elements chemically. 



Biofouling of Spiral Wound Membrane Systems relates biomass accumulation in spiral wound RO and NF membrane elements with membrane performance and hydrodynamics and determines parameters influencing biofouling. It focuses on the development of biomass in the feed-concentrate (feed-spacer) channel and its effect on pressure drop and flow distribution. It can be used to develop an integral strategy to control biofouling in spiral wound membrane systems. Most past and present methods to control biofouling have not been very successful. An overview of several potential complementary approaches to solve biofouling is given and an integrated approach for biofouling control is proposed.   

Introduction; Biofouling studies in NF and RO installations; Membrane fouling simulator development; Sensitive pressure drop measurement; Nuclear magnetic resonance measurement; Three-dimensional numerical model development; Effect of flux; Effect of feed spacer; Three-dimensional numerical model based evaluation of experimental data; Effect of substrate load and linear flow velocity; Effect of flow regime on biomass accumulation and morphology; Phosphate limitation to control biofouling; Integrated approach for biofouling control.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.3.2011
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10 1-84339-363-8 / 1843393638
ISBN-13 978-1-84339-363-4 / 9781843393634
Zustand Neuware
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