The application of membrane technology in industry especially for water treatment for special proposes has become very attractive over the last decades. The studies performed in our Institute on the surface water treatment as well as the waste water treatment, particularly of industrial origin, using the pressure-driven membrane processes and membrane distillation are presented.
Różnorodność struktur i właściwości membran sprawia, że techniki membranowe coraz szerzej wykorzystywane są w procesach oczyszczania wody i ścieków. Stosunkowo niskie zapotrzebowanie na energię, oraz możliwość odzyskiwania cennych lub uciążliwych składników sprawia, że techniki membranowe stają się interesującą alternatywą dla konwencjonalnych metod oczyszczania ścieków.
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The principle of membrane distillation was presented. The different configurations of the process and necessary properties of MD membranes were described. Mass and heat transport during membrane distillation were considered. Applications of the membrane distillation for water and wastewater treatment have been shown.
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The lecture presents an idea of hybrid processes, combining different unit operations such as separation processes traditionally used in environmental protection with membrane separation techniques or different membrane techniques linked together. A membrane process is very often coupled with distillation, adsorption, ion-exchange, coagulation, bioconversion, catalysis, etc. The advantages of hybrid processes and examples of their application for chemical technology, water and wastewater treatment and food industry are presented. In most cases analysed, the hybrid processes offered potential savings in energy and the upgrading of the product quality.
W artykule krytycznie podsumowano dorobek kartografii w zakresie stosowanych podziałów sposobów ujęcia danych, przedstawiono propozycję typologii danych uwzględniającą najczęściej stosowane przez kartografów kryteria i na jej tle oceniono poglądy kartografów na poprawność kartogramów w zależności od sposobu ujęcia danych wykorzystanych do ich opracowania.
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Choropleth is currently one of the most commonly used methods of cartographic presentation. However, the rules of application of this method have not been clearly established yet. One of the controversial issues is the character of data. Using the criterion of presentation data can be divided into 'raw' data, not related to any other data (i.e. absolute) and data in the form of a fraction, related to other data (i.e. relative). The method of presentation also determines further divisions of relative data used in cartographic literature. Division into the two categories (absolute and relative data) is widely accepted by cartographers, but the way they interpret relative data varies. It is visible in various terminology used for relative data by particular authors and various elements that it refers to (B.D. Dent 1996; K. Kocimowski, J. Kwiatek 1976; M. Kraak, F.-J. Ormeling 1998; J. Pastawski (ed.) 2006; L. Ratajski 1973, 1989; A.H. Robinson 1953; A.H. Robinson 1995; K.A. Saliszczew 1976; Slocum et al. 2009; W. Witt 1967, E. Wonka 1979, J.K. Wright 1995).The criteria used for classification of the character of data are not sufficient for establishing a specific definitive and exclusive logical division of the character of data (W. Marciszewski 1988). The author suggests a typological approach. When determining types the author proposes to keep the division into absolute and relative data (obtained by referring one set of data to another). On the other hand one has to recognize the aspect of data processing by mathematical-statistical operations and classify them as processed and unprocessed. Using the two criteria presented above the author proposes to determine four main data types: absolute unprocessed (e.g. the number of births), absolute processed (e.g. average number of births in the years 2000-2005), relative unprocessed (e.g. relation of births to deaths), relative processed (variation of the relation of births to deaths). The above considerations concerning the typological approach to the character of data can be presented as a scheme (fig. 1). Since some data types can not be classified as either purely relative or absolute, the sets overlap (gray area). This approach creates two intermediate types: data which can be considered either absolute processed or relative unprocessed (e.g. the number of cars per family in Warsaw treated as the total number of cars related to the number of families, or as an average number of cars per family) and data which can be classified either as absolute processed or relative processed (e.g. increase of the average number of cars per family in Warsaw in the last decade). Therefore six categories can be established. Cartographers agree, that the most proper method of map elaboration using the choropleth method is the one which uses relative data applied to the entire area of enumeration units, shown on a map of e.g. population density (B.D. Dent 1996; G.F. Jenks 1976; G.F. Jenks, F.C. Caspall 1971; F.J. Monkhouse 1970; F.J. Monkhouse, H.R. Wilkinson 1971; J.-C. Muller 1983,1985; M.-J. Kraak, F. Ormeling 1998; J. Pasławski 1991, 2003; J. Pravda 1983, 2004, T.A. Slocum et al. 2009). This group of the character of data - presented on the scheme as a dense dot pattern (fig. 2) - constitutes only a part of two basie types representing relative data. Method of elaboration of a choropleth basing on such data and its correct interpretation (linked to the size of basie fields) is presented in fig. 3. For choropleth map design cartographers also accept the use of other relative data: amounts related to a part of the area of enumeration units (e.g. share of wheat sown area in the total sown area), amounts related to the total population of a unit (e.g. share of population aged 1595 in total population), amounts related to a part of the population of a unit (e.g. percentage of working individuals) and amounts referred to other elements (e.g. number of inhabitants per pharmacy), (among others: D.J. Cuff, K.R. Bieri 1979; G.F. Jenks 1976; M.-J. Kraak, F. Ormeling 1998; L. Ratajski 1989; A.H. Robinson et al. 1988, 1995; K.A. Saliszczew 2001). The group of data which the article describes as relative (related to elements other than the total area of the enumeration unit) refers to two, previously discussed basie types (blue color) and two intermediate types (gray color). Its range is shown in sparse dot pattern (fig. 2). The reader interpreting the choropleth prepared basing on the data referring to elements other than the total area of the enumeration unit should be aware that the values of the presented indicator can be unconnected to the area of those units, and that the indicator's value is also affected by the data in its denominator, though such information is often not provided (fig. 4). Most cartographers are convinced that absolute data should be presented in the form of proportional symbols. Specialist who deny the possibility of applying absolute data for preparation of choropleth maps point out interpretative difficulties resulting from different size of reference units (D.J. Cuff, K. R. Bieri 1979; B.D. Dent 1996; G.F. Jenks 1976; A.H. Robinson, R. Sale, J. Mor-rison 1988; T.A. Slocum et al. 2009). When reading a choropleth map prepared using absolute data one should overlook the size of enumeration units (fig. 5), as in the case of choropleth presentations basing on relative data (referring to other elements than the enumeration unit). It should be pointed out that in the case of such presentation the values are not affected by any other data, which makes interpretation easier. It should be reminded that some data classified as relative data can be at the same time classified as absolute data. Therefore it is difficult to accept a notion that absolute data can not be used for choropleth maps. Considering the arguments presented by cartographers and the rangę of ambiguity concerning the classification of the character of data, one should recommend the use of relative data (referring to the whole enumeration unit) for preparation of choropleth maps. However, bearing in mind how common choropleth maps are, such recommendation is unlikely to change cartographic practice. What is more, application of other than relative data (refering to the whole area) for choropleth maps may have certain advantages e.g. basing on a choropleth it is easy, on the general level of map reading, to separate regions characterized by a certain value. Further theoretical considerations concerning the correetness of choropleth maps should also account for the results of empirical research on the preferences and skills of such maps' users.
The importance of membrane processes in wastewater treatment is continuously growing. Membranes can be used for the separation of liquids, dissolved or suspended solids or solutes in the colloid form. The main features of membrane processes application for the treatment of spent solutions are possibilities of removal or recovery of valuable or harmful components as well as the possibility of closing water systems what reduce fresh water consumption. Very often the use of membrane processes allow to purify wastewater to a degree difficult to achieve by conventional techniques. The possibility of an application of pressure driven techniques such as ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) for oily wastewater treatment, has been presented. The studies on the two-stage treatment of bilge water combining UF and RO or NF have demonstrated a high effectiveness of purification. NF could also be applied to recover glycols from spent coolant liquids. The utilization of membrane distillation for saline wastewater concentration or for the treatment of spent metal pickling solutions was demonstrated. The potential application of a hybrid process combining photocatalytic degradation of organic matter with membrane separation for the treatment of wastewaters from textile industry has been shown.
The paper presents a separation process based on evaporation through the pores of a hydrophobic membrane known as membrane distillation (MD). Different process configurations were considered. Preparation of membrane for the MD, their properties. Transport phenomena, modules design have been discussed. Application of MD to preparation pure, desalted water was presented. The MD process was also applied to the concentration of different acids. The process can be used in a food industry. The concentration of sulfuric acid solution obtained after extraction of apatite phosphogypsum by MD in order to recover lanthane compounds was presented. The other direction of MD application was concentration and recovery of HCl from metal pickling solutions.
Przeprowadzono badania nad możliwością wykorzystania destylacji membranowej (MD) do przeróbki zużytych kwaśnych kąpieli z zakładów stosujących obróbkę powierzchniową metali za pomocą kwasu solnego. Przeprowadzono badania z użyciem roztworów odpadowych z zakładów galwanotechnicznych; temperatura nadawy wynosiła 343 K, a destylatu 293 K. Podczas zatężania roztworu odpadowego, rośnie stężenie soli, nawet do stanu przesycenia, co sprzyja wydzielaniu HCl przez membranę hydrofobową. Zaproponowano schemat instalacji do odzyskiwania kwasu. Kwas solny można zawrócić do przygotowania kąpieli trawiącej. Zastosowanie MD pozwoli odzyskać czysty kwas solny oraz metale w postaci soli, a tym samym zmniejszyć ładunek zanieczyszczeń odprowadzanych do środowiska. Dodatkową zaletą destylacji membranowej, wobec stosunkowo niskich temperatur nadawy, jest możliwość wykorzystania ciepła odpadowego do podgrzewania roztworu zasilającego.
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The studies on utilization of membrane distillation (MD) for recovery of HCl from industrial effluents were performed. The experiments were carried out with a real pickle solution. The feed temperature was kept at 343 K whereas the permeate temperature at 293 K. During the feed concentration salts contents increases and causes a significant HCl molar flux through hydrophobic membrane. Because the salt was retained in the feed the permeate was pure hydrochloric acid with increasing concentration. The results show that MD can be applied for the recovery of hydrochloric acid from the acidic industrial effluents.
The guidelines in the White Book regarding the development of transport confirmed the conclusions reached by the European Council in Gothenburg regarding, on the one hand, the necessity of optimization, and, on the other, compliance with principles of sustainable development. The second issue, in particular, lays out the conditions for the creation of a contemporary transportation system that will equalize economic results with social costs and the environmental pollution. The expectations are that cabotage transport will become an alternative to ground transport. Cabotage transport between the European ports has not developed to the extent anticipated. The White Book reveals that the development of short distance marine transport, which is currently a priority in EU maritime policy, will stimulate undertakings in the Baltic and North seas regions. The expansion of the European Union should lead to significant possibilities for the further development of cabotage transport. The European Commission anticipates that the Baltic region will be the fastest developing European region in 2002-2010. This provides opportunities but also sets out challenges for Polish vessel owners and seaports, which, as instruments of growing economic exchange, will contribute to the economic development of the country.