Research Abstracts

A nanomembrane (NTR 729HF) and three different types of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes (CPA2, LFC1, and ESPA1) were tested for the treatment of high concentration of nitrate wastewater from stainless steel – industry. All the tested RO membranes showed higher rejection rates (90–99% at 1000–60 mg/L

Alkylphenols (APs), such as nonylphenol, are well-known as endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and have been observed in aquatic environment. In this work, we focused on the rejection properties of NF membranes for APs. The rejection properties for 10 kinds of APs (alkyl group: C2–C9) were examine

A bench scale submerged microfiltration system coupled with high concentration of PAC (powdered activated carbon) was applied in order to purify a river water containing secondary effluent. The system was operated with four different modes: Run-1, -2, -3 and -4. The PAC concentration was set at 0, 4

A combination of coagulation and ultrafiltration (UF) processes for textile wastewater reclamation was investigated using various types of coagulating chemicals such as polyamine, alum, polyaluminum chloride (PACl), and ferric salts. The potential of the combined system was evaluated to replace the

A novel activated carbon membrane with carbon whiskers (W-ACM) for wastewater and drinking water treatments was designed and prepared. This membrane has carbon whiskers on its surface for preventing the deposition and accumulation of particles and has activated carbon layer below its carbon whiskers

This study evaluates the factors affecting pretreatment conditions for hybrid UF membrane processes for reuse of secondary effluent from the sewage treatment plant. The experimental results obtained from the ultrafiltration (UF) membrane process showed that the particles of the size range between 0.

Two different NF membranes were operated to remove natural organic matter (NOM) originating from Dongbok Lake in Korea. Coagulation/sedimentation and sand filtration treated waters as membrane feed waters were used. The tested NF membranes were autopsied to compare the fouling propensity from differ

This study is aimed using ozonation to remove the fouling that occurs on ultrafiltration membranes. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) was utilized for the membrane material. The tertiary effluent from industrial park wastewater plant was treated by an ultrafiltration membrane process. A bench-scale sys

Endocrine disrupting chemicals and pharmaceuticals represent two classes of emerging contaminants that are ubiquitously present in municipal wastewater effluents. Some of these contaminants have been shown to impact aquatic organisms at trace concentrations (i.e., ng/L). Moreover, the public has exp

This paper deals with (i) fabrication of microfluidic devices using living radical photo-polymerization method with various polymers (aromatic urethane diacrylate, photo-initiator, and photo-iniferter), and placement of porous plug using salt-leaching technique in microfluidic channel, (ii) determin