A critical review on thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling in membrane-based water treatment process

doi:10.1007/s11783-023-1729-6

Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.

2023, Vol. 17

Issue (10) : 129 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-023-1729-6

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A critical review on thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling in membrane-based water treatment process

Jiaheng Teng¹, Ying Deng¹, Xiaoni Zhou¹, Wenfa Yang¹, Zhengyi Huang¹, Hanmin Zhang², Meijia Zhang¹, Hongjun Lin¹(

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¹. Key Laboratory of Watershed Earth Surface Processes and Ecological Security, College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
². Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

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Abstract

● Fundamentals of membrane fouling are comprehensively reviewed.

● Contribution of thermodynamics on revealing membrane fouling mechanism is summarized.

● Quantitative approaches toward thermodynamic fouling mechanisms are deeply analyzed.

● Inspirations of thermodynamics for membrane fouling mitigation are briefly discussed.

● Research prospects on thermodynamics and membrane fouling are forecasted.

Membrane technology is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for wastewater treatment and reclamation in the 21st century. However, membrane fouling significantly limits its applicability and productivity. In recent decades, research on the membrane fouling has been one of the hottest spots in the field of membrane technology. In particular, recent advances in thermodynamics have substantially widened people’s perspectives on the intrinsic mechanisms of membrane fouling. Formulation of fouling mitigation strategies and fabrication of anti-fouling membranes have both benefited substantially from those studies. In the present review, a summary of the recent results on the thermodynamic mechanisms associated with the critical adhesion and filtration processes during membrane fouling is provided. Firstly, the importance of thermodynamics in membrane fouling is comprehensively assessed. Secondly, the quantitative methods and general factors involved in thermodynamic fouling mechanisms are critically reviewed. Based on the aforementioned information, a brief discussion is presented on the potential applications of thermodynamic fouling mechanisms for membrane fouling control. Finally, prospects for further research on thermodynamic mechanisms underlying membrane fouling are presented. Overall, the present review offers comprehensive and in-depth information on the thermodynamic mechanisms associated with complex fouling behaviors, which will further facilitate research and development in membrane technology.

Keywords Membrane fouling Thermodynamic mechanism XDLVO theory Flory-Huggins theory Fouling migration

Corresponding Author(s): Hongjun Lin

Issue Date: 13 June 2023

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Jiaheng Teng,Ying Deng,Xiaoni Zhou, et al. A critical review on thermodynamic mechanisms of membrane fouling in membrane-based water treatment process[J]. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng., 2023, 17(10): 129.

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Fig.1 Number of publications concerning membrane fouling since 1999. These data were collected from Science Direct using the keyword “membrane fouling.”

Fig.2 Schematic of membrane fouling: (a) initial fouling stage; (b) developing stage; (c) developed fouling stage.

Fig.3 Force analysis of a foulant (a) near the membrane, and (b) deposited on the membrane (Hong et al., 2013).

Fig.4 Profiles of variations of van der Waals (LW), acid-base (AB), electrostatic double-layer (EL) and total interaction energies between foulants and membrane with their separation distance (Hong et al., 2013).

Fig.5 Schematic of thermodynamic interactions between foulant and membrane surface.

Fig.6 The images of membrane constructed by (a) Fractal theory, and (b) Gaussian distribution.

Fig.7 (a) Actual membrane scanned by AFM, and (b) reconstructed membrane surface and diagram of triangulation technique (Teng et al., 2018a).

Fig.8 Foulant images are simulated by (a) periodic sinusoidal function, (b) fractal theory, and (c) Gaussian distribution.

Fig.9 Schematic of thermodynamic interactions between the foulant and membrane (Cai et al., 2017).

Fig.10 Schematic of (a) gel layer formation process, (b) filtration process when a gel layer is formed on the membrane surface, (c) lattice of the cross-section of gel layer (Chen et al., 2016).

Fig.11 Schematic diagram of the gel formation process: (a) polymer structure, (b) swelling gel.

Fig.12 Schematic diagram of the role of hydrogen bonding in gel filtration process (Chen et al., 2019).

Fig.13 Synergistic fouling behaviors of calcium ions and poly-aluminum chloride associated with alginate solution in coagulation-ultrafiltration (UF) process (Long et al., 2021).

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