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Effective factors in the treatment of kerosene-water emulsion by using UF membranes

Rezvanpour, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2009

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.074
  3. Publisher: 2009
  4. Abstract:
  5. The effects of different parameters including membrane type (regenerated cellulose and polysulphone), transmembrane pressure (TMP), the content of oil in the feed, the flow velocity of the feed and pH on the ultrafiltration of an emulsion of kerosene in water were studied. It was found that the important factors affecting ultrafiltration were, in order, membrane type, pressure and oil concentration. The greatest flux at the optimum conditions here of 3 bar, an oil content of 3% (v/v) and with membrane type C30F was predicted as 108 L/(m2 h) that was within the range of the confidence limit of the measured value of 106 L/(m2 h). The normalised FTIR results of the virgin cellulosic membranes C30F and C100F showed more abundant OH groups. The bigger number of OH groups implies a greater hydrophilicity. The larger observed flux in the C30F is related to a higher number of pores as well (surface porosity) compared with the C100F membrane. In the "polarised regime" from 3 bar upwards, flux was independent of pressure for all membranes and was assumed to be determined by the back diffusion transport. Despite the fact that both the PS100H and C100F membranes had the same cut-off (100 kg/mol), the hydrophilic C100F showed a superior permeate flux. The strongest drop of flux with time due to oil fouling was observed for the C100F although it was hydrophilic. In the case of the PS100H, both FTIR and SEM showed that cake layer formation was not the cause of fouling. Meanwhile the SEM and FTIR results of fouled C100F provided evidence of adsorptive and gel formation fouling. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
  6. Keywords:
  7. Emulsion ; Hydrophilicity ; Cellulose derivatives ; Colloids ; Concentration (process) ; Emulsification ; Fouling ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ; High performance liquid chromatography ; Kerosene ; Petroleum products ; pH effects ; Secondary emission ; Wastewater treatment ; Water content ; Water treatment ; Back diffusions ; Cake layers ; Confidence limits ; Effective factors ; Experimental design ; Gel formations ; Measured values ; Membrane types ; OH groups ; Oil concentrations ; Oil contents ; Optimum conditions ; Permeate fluxes ; Polysulphone ; Regenerated celluloses ; Surface porosities ; Transmembrane pressures ; UF membranes ; Water emulsions ; Comparative study ; Crude oil ; Diffusion ; Flow velocity ; FTIR spectroscopy ; Membrane ; Article ; Chemical structure ; Flow rate ; Infrared radiation ; pH ; Scanning electron microscopy ; Adsorption ; Cellulose ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Emulsions ; Equipment Design ; Filtration ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ; Models, Chemical ; Polymers ; Pressure ; Sulfones ; Time Factors ; Water ; Concentration ; Fourier Analysis ; Gelation ; Infrared Spectroscopy ; Liquid Chromatography ; Membranes ; Wettability ; Ultrafiltration
  8. Source: Journal of Hazardous Materials ; Volume 161, Issue 2-3 , 2009 , Pages 1216-1224 ; 03043894 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304389408006249