Complete coverage fouling model for constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration and experimental validation

Cheng, Yu-Heng; Kirschner, Alon Y.; Wu, Jun Jie; Nassr, Mostafa; Sullivan, William A.; Paul, Donald R.; Katz, Lynn E.; Field, Robert W.; Freeman, Benny D.

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124132

Complete coverage fouling model for constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration and experimental validation

Journal Article · Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124132· OSTI ID:2571913

Cheng, Yu-Heng ^[1]; Kirschner, Alon Y. ^[1]; Wu, Jun Jie ^[2]; Nassr, Mostafa ^[1]; Sullivan, William A. ^[1]; Paul, Donald R. ^[1]; Katz, Lynn E. ^[1]; ^[3]; ^[1]

University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)
Durham University (United Kingdom); Aston University, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
University of Oxford (United Kingdom)

A complete coverage model is proposed to describe fouling in constant flux crossflow ultrafiltration. Constant flux crossflow fouling experiments were conducted using dilute latex bead suspensions and commercial poly(ether sulfone) flat sheet ultrafiltration membranes to investigate the influence of operating conditions on evolution of transmembrane pressure (ΔP, TMP) with time. Changes in permeate flux or crossflow rate had little influence on the normalized TMP profile at high latex bead concentration (i.e., above 25 ppm) because the membrane surface was covered with latex beads. At low concentration (i.e., below 25 ppm), increases in permeate flux or foulant concentration increased normalized ΔP. However, this increase in normalized ΔP with permeate flux or foulant concentration diminishes when the permeate flux/concentration is high enough to overwhelm particle removal due to crossflow. Furthermore, these results are in good agreement with the new complete coverage model which describes the influence of operating parameters on fouling better than the previous model.

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Research Organization:: University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019272

OSTI ID:: 2571913

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Journal Name: Journal of Membrane Science Vol. 729; ISSN 0376-7388

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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