Efficiency evaluation of the membrane/AOPs for paper mill wastewater treatment

Autor: Alireza Pendashteh, Moeen Gholami, Behrooz Abbasi Souraki, Mohammad Bagherian Marzouni
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Environmental Technology. 38:1127-1138
ISSN: 1479-487X
0959-3330
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1218553
Popis: The treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater by combining an ultrafiltration (UF) membrane and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) was investigated at a bench scale. In the present study, the effects of impressive parameters on membrane fouling such as CaCl2 (mg/L), pH, and temperature (°C) were studied using response surface methodology (RSM). According to the results yielded, at the temperature of 45°C, pH of 10 and CaCl2 concentration of 400 mg/L, the fouling reached its minimum (32%). Therefore, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses showed that the average thickness of cake layer on the UF surface decreased from approximately 75.37 µm to 11.38 µm by optimizing the operating conditions. The results showed the UF permeate quality is not sufficient. Thus, AOPs applied for permeate. In this way, the performance of sulfate and hydroxyl radicals, generated by the activation of oxidants, such as persulfate () and H2O2, by Fe(II) for removal efficiencies was examined. Accordingly, under the o...
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