Title
Effect of surface roughness on fouling of RO and NF membranes during filtration of a high organic surficial groundwater
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Water Supply Res Technol.-Aqua
Keywords
hydrophobicity; membrane fouling; nanofiltration; reverse osmosis; surface charge; surface roughness; REVERSE-OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; ULTRAFILTRATION; MEMBRANES; MATTER; CHARGE; NOM; ACIDS; Engineering, Civil; Water Resources
Abstract
Fouling characteristics of various thin film composite polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes were systematically investigated using a high organic surficial groundwater obtained from the City of Plantation, Florida. Prior to bench-scale fouling experiments, surface properties of the selected RO and NF membranes were carefully analysed in order to correlate the rate and extent of fouling to membrane surface characteristics, such as roughness, charge and hydrophobicity. more specifically, the surface roughness was characterized by atomic force microscopy, while the surface charge and hydrophobicity of the membranes were evaluated through zeta potential and contact angle measurements, respectively. The results indicated that membrane fouling became more severe with increasing surface roughness, as measured by the surface area difference, which accounts for both magnitude and frequency of surface peaks. Surface roughness was correlated to flux decline; however, surface charge was not. The limited range of hydrophobicity of the flat sheet studies prohibited conclusions regarding the correlation of flux decline and hydrophobicity.
Journal Title
Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology-Aqua
Volume
55
Issue/Number
7-8
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
559
Last Page
570
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0003-7214
Recommended Citation
"Effect of surface roughness on fouling of RO and NF membranes during filtration of a high organic surficial groundwater" (2006). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 6226.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/6226
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