Reverse osmosis as one-step wastewater treatment: a case study on groundwater pollution

• Autorzy: Ali W. , Rehman W. U. , Younas M. , Ahmad M. I. , Gul S.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/pjct-2015-0067

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The present case study is focused on performance evaluation of a Reverse Osmosis (RO) membrane based pilot plant to treat the ground/surface drinking water sources polluted by flood, rivers and/or canals. The RO plant was designed, fabricated and then operated with polluted water. Two feed water samples having a TDS of 2.000 mg · L−1 and 10.000 mg · L−1 respectively, were taken and analyzed for physical, chemical and microbiological contaminants. The RO plant was run once through over a span of 100 hrs at an operating pressure of 15 bar. TDS rejections were found to be more than 94% while permeate flux was measured to be 25.82 L · m−2 · hr−1 to 40.55 L · m−2 · hr−1. Results show that RO plant has a potential to remove physical, chemical and microbiological contaminants like Total Coliform and E. Coli in one step.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

reverse osmosis (RO); membrane separation; Total Dissolved Solids (TDS); Total Coliform; E. coli

• Wydawca: West Pomeranian University of Technology. Publishing House
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 17, nr 4
• Strony: 42--48
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 29 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Ali W.

• University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peshawar-Pakistan, P.O.Box. 814, University Campus Peshawar 25120

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Rehman W. U.

• University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peshawar-Pakistan, P.O.Box. 814, University Campus Peshawar 25120

autor

Younas M.

• University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peshawar-Pakistan, P.O.Box. 814, University Campus Peshawar 25120

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Ahmad M. I.

• University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peshawar-Pakistan, P.O.Box. 814, University Campus Peshawar 25120

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Gul S.

• University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Peshawar-Pakistan, P.O.Box. 814, University Campus Peshawar 25120

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