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Membrane Water Treatment
  Volume 9, Number 6, November 2018 , pages 473-480
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/mwt.2018.9.6.473
 


Pre-deposition of iron-based adsorbents on the removal of humic acid using ultrafiltration and membrane fouling
Hailong Tian, Lihua Sun, Xi Duan, Xueru Chen, Tianmin Yu and Cuimin Feng

 
Abstract
    The effect of three iron-based adsorbents pre-depositing on ultrafiltration membrane for humic acid (HA) removal and membrane fouling was investigated. The result showed that pre-depositing adsorbents on membrane could not only reduce membrane fouling but also enhance HA removal. The flux was related to the adsorbent dosage and the optimal dosage for predeposition was 35.0g/m2. The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal of HA was 38.3%, 67.3% and 41.1% respectively when pre-deposited 35.0 g/m2 FeOxHy, MnFe2O4 and Fe3O4 on membrane. Different adsorption effect of adsorbents on HA contributed to increasing of the flux at different level. Zeta potential of three adsorbents all decreased after adsorbed HA. The adsorption capacity of the three adsorbents was FeOxHy > MnFe2O4 > Fe3O4. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) measurement showed the thickness of pre-deposition layers formed by different adsorbents was different. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) detection showed the morphology and compactness of pre-deposition layers formed by different adsorbents was different.
 
Key Words
    adsorption; humic acid; filtration flux; membrane fouling; pre-deposition; ultrafiltration
 
Address
Hailong Tian, Xi Duan: School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture,
No.1 zhanlanguan Road, Beijing, China
Lihua Sun, Cuimin Feng: Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System & Water Environment
 

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