A comparison of gravity-driven membrane (GDM) reactor and biofiltration + GDM reactor for seawater reverse osmosis desalination pretreatment

• Main Authors: Lee, Seonki, Suwarno, Stanislaus Raditya, Quek, Bryan Wei Hong, Kim, Lanhee, Wu, Bing, Chong, Tzyy Haur
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment; Biofiltration; Energy Consumption
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144173
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, permeate quality, membrane performance, and microbial community in a gravity-driven microfiltration (GDM) reactor and a biofiltration (BF) + GDM reactor for seawater reverse osmosis (RO) desalination pretreatment were compared at both lab-scale and pilot-scale. The presence of BF colu...