A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration
Membrane fouling deteriorates membrane filtration performances. Hence, mitigating membrane fouling is the key factor in sustaining the membrane process, particularly when treating fouling-prone feed, such as oil/water emulsions. The use of spacers has been expanded in the membrane module system, inc...
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my.utm.1032192023-10-24T09:48:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/103219/ A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration Mat Nawi, Normi Izati Mohd. Lazis, Afiq Aulia Rahma, Aulia Rahma Muthia Elma, Muthia Elma Bilad, Muhammad Roil Md. Nordin, Nik Abdul Hadi Wirzal, Mohd. Dzul Hakim Shamsuddin, Norazanita Suhaimi, Hazwani Yusof, Norhaniza Q Science (General) Membrane fouling deteriorates membrane filtration performances. Hence, mitigating membrane fouling is the key factor in sustaining the membrane process, particularly when treating fouling-prone feed, such as oil/water emulsions. The use of spacers has been expanded in the membrane module system, including for membrane fouling control. This study proposed a rotating spacer system to ameliorate membrane fouling issues when treating an oil/water emulsion. The system’s effectiveness was assessed by investigating the effect of rotating speed and membrane-to-disk gap on the hydraulic performance and the energy input and through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The results showed that the newly developed rotary spacer system was effective and energy-efficient for fouling control. The CFD simulation results proved that the spacer rotations induced secondary flow near the membrane surface and imposed shear rate and lift force to exert fouling control. Increasing the rotation speed to an average linear velocity of 0.44 m/s increased the permeability from 126.8 ± 2.1 to 175.5 ± 2.7 Lm−2h−1bar−1 . The system showed better performance at a lower spacer-to-membrane gap, in which increasing the gap from 0.5 to 2.0 cm lowered the permeability from 175.5 ± 2.7 to 126.7 ± 2.0 Lm−2h−1bar−1 . Interestingly, the rotary system showed a low energy input of 1.08 to 4.08 × 10−3 kWhm−3 permeate when run at linear velocities of 0.27 to 0.44 ms−1 . Overall, the findings suggest the competitiveness of the rotary spacer system as a method for membrane fouling control. MDPI 2022-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/103219/1/NorhanizaYusof2022_ARotarySpacerSystemforEnergy.pdf Mat Nawi, Normi Izati and Mohd. Lazis, Afiq and Aulia Rahma, Aulia Rahma and Muthia Elma, Muthia Elma and Bilad, Muhammad Roil and Md. Nordin, Nik Abdul Hadi and Wirzal, Mohd. Dzul Hakim and Shamsuddin, Norazanita and Suhaimi, Hazwani and Yusof, Norhaniza (2022) A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration. Membranes, 12 (6). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2077-0375 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes12060554 DOI:10.3390/membranes12060554 |
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Membrane fouling deteriorates membrane filtration performances. Hence, mitigating membrane fouling is the key factor in sustaining the membrane process, particularly when treating fouling-prone feed, such as oil/water emulsions. The use of spacers has been expanded in the membrane module system, including for membrane fouling control. This study proposed a rotating spacer system to ameliorate membrane fouling issues when treating an oil/water emulsion. The system’s effectiveness was assessed by investigating the effect of rotating speed and membrane-to-disk gap on the hydraulic performance and the energy input and through computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The results showed that the newly developed rotary spacer system was effective and energy-efficient for fouling control. The CFD simulation results proved that the spacer rotations induced secondary flow near the membrane surface and imposed shear rate and lift force to exert fouling control. Increasing the rotation speed to an average linear velocity of 0.44 m/s increased the permeability from 126.8 ± 2.1 to 175.5 ± 2.7 Lm−2h−1bar−1 . The system showed better performance at a lower spacer-to-membrane gap, in which increasing the gap from 0.5 to 2.0 cm lowered the permeability from 175.5 ± 2.7 to 126.7 ± 2.0 Lm−2h−1bar−1 . Interestingly, the rotary system showed a low energy input of 1.08 to 4.08 × 10−3 kWhm−3 permeate when run at linear velocities of 0.27 to 0.44 ms−1 . Overall, the findings suggest the competitiveness of the rotary spacer system as a method for membrane fouling control. |
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Mat Nawi, Normi Izati Mohd. Lazis, Afiq Aulia Rahma, Aulia Rahma Muthia Elma, Muthia Elma Bilad, Muhammad Roil Md. Nordin, Nik Abdul Hadi Wirzal, Mohd. Dzul Hakim Shamsuddin, Norazanita Suhaimi, Hazwani Yusof, Norhaniza |
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A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration |
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A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration |
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A rotary spacer system for energy-efficient membrane fouling control in oil/water emulsion filtration |
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