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Study of Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration. Progress report, March 1, 1985-February 28, 1986

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5850164
The feasibility of Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration (MEUF) to remove dissolved organics from water has been established. One of the first tasks was to determine the best surfactant to use in MEUF for various situations. From a thorough analysis of the properties and characteristics of a variety of surfactants, combined with preliminary runs with several surfactants, cationic surfactants were determined to be the best surfactant for general use in MEUF. Further, cetylpyridinium chloride was identifid as a near-optimum surfactant in most applications. Therefore, all further studies reported used this surfactant. Elimination of surfactant type as a variable permits more detailed investigation of other important variables. A major effort has been made to develop techniques for measuring the extent of solubilization of organic solutes by aqueous micellar systems. An important accomplishment during the past year has been the development of the so-called semi-equilibrium dealysis (SED) technique for studying solubilization.
Research Organization:
Oklahoma Univ., Norman (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-84ER13175
OSTI ID:
5850164
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13175-8; ON: DE86011463
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English