Modelling of membrane fouling in ultrafiltration of Adsorbed Biotreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (ABPOME)

Amosa, M. K. and Jami, Mohammed Saedi and Al-Khatib, Ma An Fahmi Rashid and Jimat, Dzun Noraini and Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu (2014) Modelling of membrane fouling in ultrafiltration of Adsorbed Biotreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (ABPOME). In: The 27th International Symposium on Chemical Engineering (ISChE 2014), 5-7 Dec. 2014, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

Organic matter and particles in wastewater are usually held responsible for most membrane pore blockings ultimately resulting in fouling during treatment processes. This study was conducted, for the first time, to elucidate the ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fouling phenomena caused by residual particulates in an adsorbed biotreated palm oil mill effluent (ABPOME) which is an end-of-pipe industrial wastewater from the palm oil processing industry. A laboratory-based bench scale experimentation using a cross flow membrane filtration system equipped with Polyethersulfone membranes of 1, 5, and 10 kDa UF, and operated at transmembrane pressures (TMP) of 40, 80 and 120 kPa was carried out. The experimental results revealed that the 5 kDa UF performed better with the particles contributing to a reversible type of fouling bringing about by cake layer formation mechanism with the highest coefficient of determination (R2) value of 0.9849. The flux-time curves have been analyzed using Hermia’s revised blocking filtration laws.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Additional Information:	5545/40460
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Adsorbed Biotreated Palm Oil Mill Effluent (ABPOME)
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP155 Chemical engineering
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammed Saedi Jami, PhD CEng MIChemE
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2015 12:00
Last Modified:	23 May 2018 13:43
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/40460

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