Effect of oxidation with coagulation and ceramic microfiltration pre-treatment on reverse osmosis for desalination of recycled wastewater

D.T. Myat; F. Roddick; P. Puspita; L. Skillman; J. Charrois; I. Kristiana; W. Uhl; E. Vasyukova; G. Roeszler; A. Chan; B. Zhu; S. Muthukumaran; S. Gray; M. Duke

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Effect of oxidation with coagulation and ceramic microfiltration pre-treatment on reverse osmosis for desalination of recycled wastewater

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Effect of oxidation with coagulation and ceramic microfiltration pre-treatment on reverse osmosis for desalination of recycled wastewater

D.T. Myat, F. Roddick, P. Puspita, L. Skillman, J. Charrois, I. Kristiana, W. Uhl, E. Vasyukova, G. Roeszler, A. Chan, …

Desalination, Vol.431, pp.106-118

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.10.029

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Abstract

Oxidation and coagulation before ceramic microfiltration (CMF) greatly increases membrane flux, but is unconventional for reverse osmosis (RO) pre-treatment. Impacts to RO and the wastewater recycling scheme operating CMF at high flux conditions is little understood. In this work, wastewater was treated with ozone or ultraviolet/hydrogen peroxide (UVH) oxidation, coagulation, then CMF, to explore RO membrane performance at bench scale. Sustainable high CMF fluxes were confirmed using coagulation with either ozone or UVH. Uniquely for ozone, dosing 13 mg-O3/L for 15 min greatly increased toxic by-product N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) to 33 ng/L. Dosing chloramine (common for RO biofouling control) added only up to 7 ng/L NDMA. RO tests on all pre-treated waters showed little variation to flux but oxidation significantly altered texture of RO fouling material from smooth and dense to porous and granular. Biofouling studies with model bacteria strain RO 22 (Pseudoalteromonas spp) showed higher organic biodegradability but biofilm analysis revealed ozone-coagulant-CMF greatly limited extension of bacteria communities from the membrane surface suggesting oxidation reduces RO biofouling. The novel findings of reduction of RO biofouling risk with oxidation and coagulation for high flux CMF pre-treatment identified in this work need to be demonstrated on different wastewater types over longer term.

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Title: Effect of oxidation with coagulation and ceramic microfiltration pre-treatment on reverse osmosis for desalination of recycled wastewater
Authors/Creators: D.T. Myat (Author/Creator) - Victoria University
F. Roddick (Author/Creator) - RMIT University
P. Puspita (Author/Creator) - RMIT University
L. Skillman (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
J. Charrois (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
I. Kristiana (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
W. Uhl (Author/Creator) - Norwegian Institute for Water Research
E. Vasyukova (Author/Creator) - Technische Universität Dresden
G. Roeszler (Author/Creator) - Water Research Australia
A. Chan (Author/Creator) - City West Water
B. Zhu (Author/Creator) - Victoria School of Management
S. Muthukumaran (Author/Creator) - Victoria University
S. Gray (Author/Creator) - Victoria University
M. Duke (Author/Creator) - Victoria University
Publication Details: Desalination, Vol.431, pp.106-118
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005544005107891
Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Engineering and Information Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 2 Chemistry; 2.241 Membrane Science; 2.241.270 Nanofiltration
Web Of Science research areas: Engineering, Chemical; Water Resources
ESI research areas: Chemistry