Comparative Study on Anti-Fouling Properties and Application of Two PVDF Blend Membranes in Wastewater Treatment

Abstract:

The filtration experiments of two PVDF blending membranes were performed. The critical fluxes of PVDF/PMMA and PVDF/TPU blend membranes were measured by the flux-step method. Then tubular membrane module PVDF/PMMA and PVDF/TPU were used to treat alcohol wastewater. The anti-fouling properties of PVDF/TPU membrane module were better than those of PVDF/PMMA membrane module. The critical fluxes of PVDF/PMMA and PVDF/TPU membrane modules were 24 L/(m²∙h) and 22 L/(m²∙h), respectively. In the alcohol wastewater treatment, TMP and SJ of the tested membranes remained stable during this period and membrane module B was more stable than membrane module A. The CODCr removal rates of two membrane modules reached 48% and 58%, respectively. And the UV₂₅₄ removal rates were 18% and 19%, respectively. Both the turbidity removal efficiency were more than 97% and the average effluent values were below 0.10NTU.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 550-553)
• Pages: 2164-2169
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.550-553.2164
• Online since: July 2012
• Authors: Jian Ping Huang, Yu Min Shao, Li Li Liu, Chun Yan Ma
• Keywords: Alcohol Wastewater Treatment, Anti-Fouling Property, Blend Membrane, Critical Flux, Filtration Experiment

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