This paper discusses the treatment of membrane concentrate from nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) between primary and secondary membrane stages, in an effort to increase membrane recovery rates and decrease the concentrate volume. The paper evaluates lime softening, ferric sulfate coagulation, and ion exchange as individual, intermediate treatment processes for membrane concentrate. The objectives of this paper was to determine the effect of the chemistry of membrane concentrate on treatability, compare coagulation, softening, and anion exchange in terms of removal efficiency of DOM and inorganic ions, and to evaluate combined ion exchange as a treatment process that targets both DOM and inorganic ions.
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Speaker
- Sarah Deavenport / Treavor Boyer / Katherine Graf
Company
- CH2M HILL, Inc. / University of Florida
Event
- AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX
Session
- AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference
Date
- 02/25/2013
Media
Keywords
- Membrane concentrate Treatment, lime Softening, ferrice sulfate coagulation, ion exchange DOM and inorganic ion removal
Reference
- 9659-DP1191