Membrane filtration technology combined with coagulation is widely used to purify river water.In this study,microfiltration(MF)and ultrafiltration(UF)ceramic membranes were combined with coagulation to treat local river water located at Xinghua,Jiangsu province,China.The operation parameters,fouling mechanism and pilot-scale tests were investigated.The results show that the pore size of membrane has small effect on the pseudo-steady flux for dead-end filtration,and the increase of flux in MF process is more than that in UF process for cross-flow filtration with the same increase of cross-flow velocity.The membrane pore size has little influence on the water quality.The analysis on membrane fouling mechanism shows that the cake filtration has significant influence on the pseudo-steady flux and water quality for the membrane with pore size of 50,200 and 500 nm.For the membrane with pore size of 200 nm and backwashing employed in our pilot study,a constant flux of 150L·m 2·h 1was reached during stable operation,with the removal efficiency of turbidity,total organic carbon(TOC)and UV254 higher than 99%,45%and 48%,respectively.The study demonstrates that coagulation-porous ceramic membrane hybrid process is a reliable method for river water purification.
In this study, poly(γ-glutamic acid)-coated Fe3 O4 magnetic nanoparticles(γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs) were successfully fabricated using the co-precipitation method. Fe3 O4 MNPs were also prepared for comparison. The average size and specific surface area results reveal that γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs(52.4 nm, 88.41 m2·g 1) have smaller particle size and larger specific surface area than Fe3 O4 MNPs(62.0 nm, 76.83 m2·g 1). The γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs can remove over 99% of Cr3+, Cu2+and Pb2+, and over 77% of Ni2+in deionized water, much higher than γ-PGA and Fe3 O4 MNPs, attributed to the larger specific surface area of γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs. With the solution pH higher than 6.0, γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs demonstrate better removal activity. The adsorption isotherm of γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs for Cr3+fits the Freundlich model well, with the adsorption capacity of 24.60 mg·g 1. γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs are strongly attracted by permanent magnet, so it is easy to separate them completely from water. With their high efficiency for heavy metal removal and easier separation, γ-PGA/Fe3 O4 MNPs have great potential applications in water treatment.
