Membrane distillation treating a real petrochemical reverse osmosis concentrate: Influence of membrane characteristics on the process performance

Venzke, Carla Denize; Rizzana, Diego; Giacobbo, Alexandre; Rodrigues, Marco Antônio Siqueira; He, Tianbai; Bernardes, Andréa Moura

doi:10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101722

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“…In their study, Lu et al (2017), reported 99% water purity recovered from oil-processing wastewater. Moreover, MDC is used as a finishing process to recover minerals and freshwater (90% water recovery and 99% salt rejection) from the RO concentrate (Venzke et al, 2021). Nonetheless, treatment of the RO concentrate causes concentration polarization and scaling (Venzke et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, MDC is used as a finishing process to recover minerals and freshwater (90% water recovery and 99% salt rejection) from the RO concentrate (Venzke et al, 2021). Nonetheless, treatment of the RO concentrate causes concentration polarization and scaling (Venzke et al, 2021). Interestingly, MDC does not only treat industrial wastewater but also biological waste including human urine (Zhao et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Membrane distillation crystallization for water and mineral recovery: The occurrence of fouling and its control during wastewater treatment

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Membrane distillation crystallization (MDC) is an emerging technology envisaged to manage challenges affecting the desalination industry. This technology can sustainably treat concentrated solutions of produced water and industrially discharged saline wastewater. Simultaneous recovery of clean water and minerals is achieved through the integration of crystallization to membrane distillation (MD). MDC has received vast research interest because of its potential to treat hypersaline solutions. However, MDC still faces challenges in harnessing its industrial applications. Technically, MDC is affected by fouling/scaling and wetting thereby hindering practical application at the industrial level. This study reviews the occurrence of membrane fouling and wetting experienced with MDC. Additionally, existing developments carried out to address these challenges are critically reviewed. Finally, prospects suggesting the sustainability of this technology are highlighted.

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Membrane distillation crystallization for water and mineral recovery: The occurrence of fouling and its control during wastewater treatment

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“…In the MD process, one side of the membrane is the feed side that directly contacts with the feed solution, while the other side is the permeate side. Under the action of vapor pressure difference, the membrane can selectively allow water vapor to pass through and block the passage of saline water, thereby realizing the separation of water and salt [4][5][6][7]. Therefore, the salt rejection can theoretically reach 100%.…”

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In Situ-Grown Al2O3 Nanoflowers and Hydrophobic Modification Enable Superhydrophobic SiC Ceramic Membranes for Membrane Distillation

Song,

Miao,

Liu

et al. 2024

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Membrane distillation (MD) is considered a promising technology for desalination. In the MD process, membrane pores are easily contaminated and wetted, which will degrade the permeate flux and salt rejection of the membrane. In this work, SiC ceramic membranes were used as the supports, and an Al2O3 micro-nano structure was constructed on its surface. The surface energy of Al2O3@SiC micro-nano composite membranes was reduced by organosilane grafting modification. The effective deposition of Al2O3 nanoflowers on the membrane surface increased membrane roughness and enhanced the anti-fouling and anti-wetting properties of the membranes. Simultaneously, the presence of nanoflowers also regulated the pore structures and thus decreased the membrane pore size. In addition, the effects of Al2(SO4)3 concentration and sintering temperature on the surface morphology and performance of the membranes were investigated in detail. It was demonstrated that the water contact angle of the resulting membrane was 152.4°, which was higher than that of the pristine membrane (138.8°). In the treatment of saline water containing 35 g/L of NaCl, the permeate flux was about 11.1 kg⋅m−2⋅h−1 and the salt rejection was above 99.9%. Note that the pristine ceramic membrane cannot be employed for MD due to its larger membrane pore size. This work provides a new method for preparing superhydrophobic ceramic membranes for MD.

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Mitigation of Thermal Energy in Membrane Distillation for Environmental Sustainability

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Bui

et al. 2023

Curr Pollution Rep

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Membrane distillation treating a real petrochemical reverse osmosis concentrate: Influence of membrane characteristics on the process performance

Cited by 9 publications

References 65 publications

Membrane distillation crystallization for water and mineral recovery: The occurrence of fouling and its control during wastewater treatment

Membrane distillation crystallization for water and mineral recovery: The occurrence of fouling and its control during wastewater treatment

In Situ-Grown Al2O3 Nanoflowers and Hydrophobic Modification Enable Superhydrophobic SiC Ceramic Membranes for Membrane Distillation

Mitigation of Thermal Energy in Membrane Distillation for Environmental Sustainability

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