Retardation of wetting for membrane distillation by adjusting major components of seawater

Hye Won Kim; Taekgeun Yun; Seungkwan Hong; Seockheon Lee; Seongpil Jeong

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.115677

Retardation of wetting for membrane distillation by adjusting major components of seawater

Hye Won Kim, Taekgeun Yun, Seungkwan Hong, Seockheon Lee, Seongpil Jeong

School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

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Abstract

Wetting by fouling is phenomenon specific to membrane distillation (MD) and are regarded as challenges to the seawater membrane distillation (SWMD) process. To understand fouling and wetting, the influence of Mg and Sr crystals, which can potentially cause scaling, as well as Ca crystals deposited on the membrane surface were investigated. Mg(OH)₂ and CaSO₄ had significant impact on fouling and wetting. Even if CaCO₃ and SrSO₄ had no effects on fouling and wetting as single salts, CaCO₃ and CaSO₄ were dominant in synthetic seawater without Mg(OH)₂. However, the occurrence of Mg(OH)₂ scales became a cause for concern if Ca ion was removed from seawater for the prevention of fouling and wetting. Therefore, Mg as well as Ca should be removed for proper fouling and wetting control. NaOH/Na₂CO₃ softening was used for the removal of Ca and Mg ions. In addition, based on the inhibition effects of Mg ions on Ca scales, a new pretreatment method involving the injection of MgCl₂ to increase the Mg /Ca ratio was examined.

Original language	English
Article number	115677
Journal	Water Research
Volume	175
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115677
Publication status	Published - 2020 May 15

Keywords

Chemical softening
Membrane distillation
Mg addition
Retardation of wetting
Visualization system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecological Modelling
Water Science and Technology
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution

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