title: Secondary wastewater polishing with ultrafiltration membranes for unrestricted reuse: fouling and flushing modeling.
abstract: The effects of operating parameters such astransmembrane pressure, retentate, and recirculation volumetric flow rates on the productivity of an ultrafiltration membrane were studied using field data and development of a management model. Correlation equations for predicting the volumetric permeate flow rates were derived from general membrane blocking laws and experimental data. The experimental data were obtained from a pilot study carried out in the Arad wastewater treatment system (a pilot plant operating in feed and bleed operation mode) located several kilometers west of the City of Arad, Israel. Correlation predictions were confirmed with the independent experimental results. The results enabled us to develop a mathematical expression accurately describing the decline in flux due to fouling.
authors.affiliation: Environment Water Resources, J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of The Negev, Kiryat Sde-Boker 84990, Israel.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gillerman
authors.forename: Amos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: Nisan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buriakovsky
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oron
mesh_terms: D007557:Israel; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011312:Pressure; D013997:Time Factors; D014462:Ultrafiltration / Q000379:methods*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D014867:Water