Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling
Authors: Zamani, Farhad
Ullah, Asmat
Akhondi, Ebrahim
Tanudjaja, Henry J.
Cornelissen, Emile R.
Honciuc, Andrei
Fane, Anthony G.
Chew, Jia Wei
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064
Published in: Journal of Membrane Science
Volume(Issue): 510
Page(s): 101
Pages to: 111
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Elsevier
ISSN: 0376-7388
Language: German
Subject (DDC): 540: Chemistry
Abstract: Foulant-foulant and foulant-membrane interfacial interactions play an important role in dictating the extent of fouling. In order to understand the impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on the fouling extent, the direct observation through the membrane (DOTM) technique was used to characterize critical flux and also assess the initial evolution of foulant deposition. Polystyrene and glass with diameters approximating 10 μm were used as foulants because (i) the similar particle diameter eliminated the differences due to particle back-transport, and (ii) the Gibbs free energies (ΔG) of foulant-membrane and foulant-foulant interactions were both negative (i.e., attractive) for polystyrene and both positive (i.e., repulsive) for glass. Results indicate that: (1) because of the attractive and repulsive foulant-membrane interactions of the polystyrene and glass, respectively, (i) critical flux was lower for polystyrene than glass, (ii) the phenomenon of a flowing particle layer was observed at a lower cross-flow velocity (CFV) for glass than polystyrene, and (iii) relaxation was more effective for glass than polystyrene; (2) because of the attractive and repulsive foulant-foulant interactions of the polystyrene and glass, respectively, clustering was observed for the former but not latter; (3) out of the four particle deposition mechanisms (namely, convective, entrapment, dead zone and clustering) distinguished, the first three occurred for both attractive and repulsive interfacial interactions, but the forth (i.e., clustering) only occurred when foulant-foulant interactions were attractive.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7496
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology (ICBT)
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Zamani, F., Ullah, A., Akhondi, E., Tanudjaja, H. J., Cornelissen, E. R., Honciuc, A., Fane, A. G., & Chew, J. W. (2016). Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling. Journal of Membrane Science, 510, 101–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064
Zamani, F. et al. (2016) ‘Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling’, Journal of Membrane Science, 510, pp. 101–111. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064.
F. Zamani et al., “Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling,” Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 510, pp. 101–111, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064.
ZAMANI, Farhad, Asmat ULLAH, Ebrahim AKHONDI, Henry J. TANUDJAJA, Emile R. CORNELISSEN, Andrei HONCIUC, Anthony G. FANE und Jia Wei CHEW, 2016. Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling. Journal of Membrane Science. 2016. Bd. 510, S. 101–111. DOI 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064
Zamani, Farhad, Asmat Ullah, Ebrahim Akhondi, Henry J. Tanudjaja, Emile R. Cornelissen, Andrei Honciuc, Anthony G. Fane, and Jia Wei Chew. 2016. “Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling.” Journal of Membrane Science 510: 101–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064.
Zamani, Farhad, et al. “Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling.” Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 510, 2016, pp. 101–11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064.


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