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Ro brine treatment and disposal methods
, Article Desalination and Water Treatment ; Volume 35, Issue 1-3 , Aug , 2011 , Pages 39-53 ; 19443994 (ISSN) ; Shahbazali, E ; Sharif University of Technology
Taylor and Francis Inc
2011
Abstract
More than 50 percent of countries in the world will likely face water stress or water shortages by 2025, and by 2050, as much as 75 percent of the world's population could face water scarcity. Desalination technologies, particularly the reverse osmosis (RO) process, have increasingly been adopted to produce freshwater from alternative sources such as seawater and brackish water due to water scarcity. However, desalination applications have always been limited by the disposal costs of RO brine and the adverse impact of brine on the receiving environment. The scope of this paper is to identify technically and commercially RO brine disposal and treatment methods such as deep well injection,...
Monitoring & Optimizing of the Returned Condensated Water as Boiler Make up Water at the Agro-Industry Hakim Farabi Boilers
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Alamolhoda, Ali Asghar (Supervisor) ; Pourjavadi, Ali (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Vapor in agro-industry hakim farabi production electricity, Turbines force and thermal energy for Yellow and white sugar in sugar production. In the utilization to supply water for the boiler , condensate water return use Until plant be able to do its work ¬good quality of condensate water decrease cost of destruction energy in blow down and can save energy, reduce cost of chemical operation for optimum boiler water and costs associated with wastewater treatment. unclean condensate water consist of sugar and Electrical conductivity more than permissive is not suitable for use in The boiler because Increase the total dissolved solids and decreasing pH lower than the Extent permitted. The...
A new flat sheet membrane bioreactor hybrid system for advanced treatment of effluent, reverse osmosis pretreatment and fouling mitigation
, Article Bioresource Technology ; Volume 192 , 2015 , Pages 177-184 ; 09608524 (ISSN) ; Bidhendi, G. N ; Torabian, A ; Mehrdadi, N ; Pourabdullah, M ; Sharif University of Technology
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This paper introduces a new hybrid electro membrane bioreactor (HEMBR) for reverse osmosis (RO) pretreatment and advanced treatment of effluent by simultaneously integrating electrical coagulation (EC) with a membrane bioreactor (MBR) and its performance was compared with conventional MBR. Experimental results and their statistical analysis showed removal efficiency for suspended solids (SS) of almost 100% for both reactors. HEMBR removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) improved by 4% and membrane fouling was alleviated according to transmembrane pressure (TMP). The average silt density index (SDI) of HEMBR permeate samples was slightly better indicating less RO membrane fouling. Moreover,...
Water Recycling from Output Residual Flow of Reverse Osmosis Membranous Units
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Moosavi, Abbas (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this research, we focus on reduction of solutes in left out water from reverse osmosis membranous units (brine) with reduction of scaling factors of membrane. This research is important from that perspective that the out put brine from reverse osmosis membranous unit After purification by this method, enter into membranous system in order to increase in recovered water volume and also minimization of out put waste from membranous system and decrease the environmental damages. The method used in this research, is three processes of cooling, chemical desalination and seeding by crystal material. In this research is investigated the type and amount of matter for chemical desalination and...
Effect of electromagnetic field on membrane fouling in reverse osmosis process
, Article Desalination ; Volume 395 , 2016 , Pages 41-45 ; 00119164 (ISSN) ; Kariminia, H. R ; Mousavi, S. A ; Shahryari, E ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
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In the present study, the effect of electromagnetic field on the salt and water transport and reduction of carbonate deposit during reverse osmosis desalination was investigated. The electromagnetic field was generated by AC current through a solenoid wound around the membrane separation module. The current intensity and frequency was 25 A and 50 Hz, respectively. Experiments were conducted using CaCO3 solution at the concentration of 5.5 mmol/L. For comparison purposes, desalination by the membrane, in the presence and absence of an electromagnetic field was conducted. While the desalination process temperature was kept constant, the product temperature increased by less than 2 °C when the...
Recovery of cooling tower blowdown water for reuse: the investigation of different types of pretreatment prior nanofiltration and reverse osmosis
, Article Journal of Water Process Engineering ; Volume 10 , 2016 , Pages 188-199 ; 22147144 (ISSN) ; Borghei, S. M ; Vatanpour, V ; Sharif University of Technology
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The suitability of two different pretreatment methods, i.e., coagulation-filtration and ultrafiltration (UF), and two final membrane treatment technologies, namely nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO), for desalination of a cooling tower blowdown (CTBD) was investigated. Particular attention was paid to ensuring that the best pretreatment method could enhance the permeate flux and lifespan of the NF and RO membranes and decrease the membranes' fouling characteristics. Furthermore, the difference of NF and RO performances in CTBD treatment was investigated. In order to find the most appropriate type of coagulant, coagulant dosage, pH and co-coagulant dosage, 21 jar tests were...
Synthesis and characterization of polyamide membrane for the separation of acetic acid from water using RO process
, Article Membrane Water Treatment ; Volume 8, Issue 4 , 2017 , Pages 323-336 ; 20058624 (ISSN) ; Mousavi, S. A ; Mortazavi, S. S ; Sadeghi, M ; Bastani, D ; Sharif University of Technology
Techno Press
2017
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The main challenge in many applications of acetic acid is acid dehydration and its recovery from wastewater streams. Therefore, the performance of polyamide thin film composite is evaluated to separate acetic acid from water. To reach this goal, the formation of polyamide layer on polysulfone support membrane was investigated via interfacial polymerization (IP) of meta-phenylenediamine (MPD) in water with trimesoyl chloride (TMC) in hexane. Also, the effect of synthesis conditions, such as concentration of monomers and curing temperature on separation of acetic acid from water were investigated by reverse osmosis process. Moreover, the separation mechanism was discussed. The solute...
Polyamide membrane surface and bulk modification using humid environment as a new heat curing medium
, Article Journal of Membrane Science ; Volume 523 , 2017 , Pages 129-137 ; 03767388 (ISSN) ; Bazgar Bajestani, M ; Mousavi, S. A ; Mokhtari Garakani, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2017
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Heat curing was devised in temperature-controlled steam and water environments to synthesize reverse osmosis (RO) polyamide (PA) membrane. The effect of new curing media on the physicochemical properties and RO performance of the synthesized polyamides was fully investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and water drop contact angle. The results show a reduction in amide linkage content on the surface of the steam-cured polyamide and surface and bulk of the water-cured polyamide. Additionally, it was revealed that heat curing in the humidity-controlled environment...
On the design of graphene oxide nanosheets membranes for water desalination
, Article Desalination ; Volume 422 , 2017 , Pages 83-90 ; 00119164 (ISSN) ; Tavakoli, R ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2017
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According to current researches, graphene oxide (GO) membranes show promising desalination properties due to ease of synthesis, low production cost, and high efficiency. There are several experimental works to study ionic sieving properties of GO membranes. However, it is difficult to characterize atomistic mechanism of water permeation and ion rejection by experimental approaches. On the other hand, there exist a few reports in which the atomistic picture of water permeation across GO membranes is investigated by means of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. In the present work, in addition to water desalination, the atomic scale mechanism of ion rejection is studied using large scale MD...
Enhancement of surface properties and performance of reverse osmosis membranes after surface modification: a review
, Article Desalination ; Volume 420 , 2017 , Pages 330-383 ; 00119164 (ISSN) ; Bastani, D ; Musavi, S. A ; Sharif University of Technology
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Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane process has become the most promising technology for desalination to produce purified water. Among numerous polymeric materials used to fabricate RO membranes, aromatic polyamide thin film composite (TFC) membranes are dominant in commercial RO membrane processes because of their high salt rejection and water permeability as well as their excellent chemical, thermal, and mechanical stability. However, the major hindrance to the effective application of polyamide TFC RO membranes is membrane fouling. Furthermore, polyamide TFC RO membranes have limited stability to chlorine, which is commonly used as disinfect to control membrane biofouling. These two factors...
Preparation of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) ultrafiltration membranes from PVC/additive/solvent and application of UF membranes as substrate for fabrication of reverse osmosis membranes
, Article Journal of Applied Polymer Science ; Volume 135, Issue 21 , 2018 ; 00218995 (ISSN) ; Asadollahi, M ; Musavi, A ; Bastani, D ; Sharif University of Technology
John Wiley and Sons Inc
2018
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Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes were prepared from poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) as main polymer, poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) as additive, and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) as solvent using Design Expert software for designing the experiments. The membranes were characterized by SEM, contact angle measurement, and atomic force microscopy. The performance of UF membranes was evaluated by pure water flux (PWF) and blue indigo dye particle rejection. In addition, the molecular weight cutoff of UF membranes was determined by poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) rejection. The UF membranes were used as substrates for fabrication of polyamide thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. The...
Optimum design of R.O. membrane by using simulation techniques
, Article Desalination and Water Treatment ; Volume 9, Issue 1-3 , 2009 , Pages 189-194 ; 19443994 (ISSN) ; Ehteshami, M ; Ardakanian, R ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
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Increasing demand of fresh water, and limitation water resources, with respect to world economic growth brings up the importance of utilization of saline water. At the current research the sensitivity analysis of ROSA was conducted. For this analysis, a single stage reverse osmosis is designed for well water specifi cation in southern Tehran under following condition: Feed fl ow: 40 m3/h and membrane Element: BW30–400 FR. The sensitivity analyses for all chemical element of base water were performed. As a result of sensitivity analysis shortest sensitivity gap, belongs to boron, and longest sensitivity gap, belongs to calcium. Which refl ects, under the same conditions, the least element to...
Crude oil desalter effluent treatment by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process
, Article Desalination ; Volume 238, Issue 1-3 , 2009 , Pages 174-182 ; 00119164 (ISSN) ; Roostaazad, R ; Hesampour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
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Crude oil desalter effluent from a Tehran oil refinery was treated by a hybrid UF/RO membrane separation process. Ultrafiltration (UF) was used primarily to remove the emulsified oil droplets followed by the removal of total dissolved solids (TDS) via reverse osmosis (RO). The UF membrane was a hydrophilic flat sheet polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane with MWCO of 100 kDa while the RO membrane was a spiral-wound thin-film composite polyamide. Effect of operating conditions such as transmembrane pressure and crossflow velocity were studied in UF pretreatment. The experimental results showed that the UF membrane removed more than 75% of the oil and can be considered as an effective...
Synthesis of Ultra-Low Pressure Reverse Osmosis (ULPRO) Membrane
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Soltanieh, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Mousavi, Abbas (Co-Advisor)
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The aim of this project is to achieve a semi permeable high flux membrane with a reasonable salt rejection for the treatment of low osmotic pressure water. A thin film composite membrane consists of three polymeric layers was studied in this project. These layers were polyester support, polysulfone sub layer and polyamine selective layer. The polyester support provides the mechanical resistance against the operating pressure. The polysulfone sub layer provides the suitable area for polyamide synthesize, and the polyamide layer is the selective active layer of membrane.
The resistance to water penetration in sub layer was reduced first and then, the pores in the polyamide layer refined by...
The resistance to water penetration in sub layer was reduced first and then, the pores in the polyamide layer refined by...
Optimization of the Surface Properties of the Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Desalination of Seawater
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Farhadi, Fatola (Supervisor) ; Musavi, Abbas (Supervisor)
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Surface modification of thin-film composite (TFC) polyamide reverse osmosis membrane was carried out using CO2-laser irradiation and Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma to improve performance and antifouling properties of the prepared RO membranes. Firstly, TFC polyamide RO membranes were synthesized via interfacial polymerization of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and m-phenylenediamine (MPD) monomers over porous polysulfone ultrafiltration support. Next, CO2-laser irradiation with 10,000-40,000 pulses and DBD plasma with 15, 30, 60 and 90 seconds duration were used for the surface modification. The surface properties were characterized by ATR-FTIR, SEM, AFM, and contact angle measurements....
Investigation Methods to Optimize the Operation of the RO Plant of Hakim Farabi Agri Industrial Co
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Hashemian, Jamaloddin (Supervisor) ; Mousavi, Reza (Co-Advisor)
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Membrane fouling is the main cause of permeate flux decline and loss of product quality in reverse osmosis (RO) systems, so good pretreatment of the feed solution was required to prevent membrane fouling. One of the most common applied pretreatment methods to prevent or control the scaling of different salts in feed water is to add scale inhibitors. Due to the great variety of commercial scale inhibitors RO plant operators must evaluate these chemicals before use in real plants. In this project three different types of antiscalants at concentrations of 10 ppm and one type of magnetic descaler on the RO pilot for the R.O plant feed water of agro-industrial Hakim Farabi evaluated and function...
Preparing an Appropriate UF Membrane from PVC to Use it as Substrate in Sea Water Desalination RO Membranes
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Bastani, Daruoosh (Supervisor) ; Musavi, Abbas (Supervisor)
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In this study the main goal is preparing an appropriate UltraFiltration membrane from PolyVinyl Chloride for using as substrate in producing efficient Reverse Osmosis membranes to use in sea water desalination. each membrane should have some specifications to use it as reverse osmosis membrane’s substrate. One of the most important specifications is the appropriate pore sizes. To investigate this subject pure water flux and PolyEthylene glycol rejection of prepared membranes is tested. After investigation of this parameters and proving them, RO membranes are prepared using this membranes.
Salt rejection of Brackish water (2000ppm) and sea water (Persian gulf,32000ppm) are measured in...
Salt rejection of Brackish water (2000ppm) and sea water (Persian gulf,32000ppm) are measured in...
Constructing Reverse Osmosis Membrane of High Flux & Rejection for Salty Water by Supercritical System
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Goudarz Nia, Iraj (Supervisor) ; Mousavi, Seyed Abbas (Co-Advisor)
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This research aims to construct a membrane using supercritical system which can be used in the process of brackish water filtration.
For this purpose solutions of polysulfone with desired concentrations were prepared and set to be stretched on glass or nonwoven polyester with adjustable thickness. Then the film of solution was transferred into supercritical cell. Carbon dioxide was used as anti-solvent and it causes super saturation in solution.
In order to investigate the effect of operating parameters on membrane structure, pore size and porosity were considered as a symbol of membrane structure. These parameters include cell pressure and polysulfone concentration.
Generally,...
For this purpose solutions of polysulfone with desired concentrations were prepared and set to be stretched on glass or nonwoven polyester with adjustable thickness. Then the film of solution was transferred into supercritical cell. Carbon dioxide was used as anti-solvent and it causes super saturation in solution.
In order to investigate the effect of operating parameters on membrane structure, pore size and porosity were considered as a symbol of membrane structure. These parameters include cell pressure and polysulfone concentration.
Generally,...
Enhance the Chlorine Resistance of Reverse Osmosis Membrane
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Mousavi, Abbas (Supervisor) ; Abdekhodaei, Mohammad Jafar (Supervisor)
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Reverse osmosis membrane one of the common methods used for water desalination, today membrane, thin film composite(TFC) include three layers, top the these layers named selection layer, this poly amid layer contacted with feed water, sensitivity to chlorine in polyamide layer lead to high membrane chlorine sensitive. Difference methods used for enhance the chlorine resistance in polyamide membrane that categorized in three general categories, covering and protection of sensitive areas method has best results in comparison to other methods. In this research protection method choose and used, material that used, sanitized by result from surface analysis of commercial membrane manufactured in...
Biofouling Reduction in Reverse Osmosis Membrane for the Purification Brackish Water
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Soltanieh, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Mousavi, Abbas (Supervisor)
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In this project, modification of reverse osmosis membrane was investigated in order to reduce the biofouling in treatment of brackish water. Furthermore, the technique which is used to attain the favorable results is graft polymerization to modify the membrane’s surface with grafting acrylic acid as hydrophilic monomer onto polyamide exploited as last layer in reverse osmosis membrane. This technique is a free radical grafting, andfree radicals which are needed for grafting are provided by the redox system potassium persulfate-sodium metabisulfite which was used as initiator. To figure out the best concentration of acrylic acid, initiator and process time in order to achieve a new membrane...