Journal article
Effects of operational conditions on the removal of phenols from wastewater by a hollow-fiber membrane contactor
S Shen, SE Kentish, GW Stevens
Separation and Purification Technology | Published : 2012
Abstract
The removal of phenols from wastewater has been investigated under various operational conditions using hydrophobic hollow fiber membrane contactors. Experimental overall mass transfer coefficients were obtained in both handmade and Liqui-Cel modules. Model predictions based on a resistance in series model with solvent-filled membrane pores matched well with experimental values for tributyl phosphate/Shellsol extraction systems. However, the predictions were in poor agreement with experimental data obtained when 50% pentanol/xylene was used to treat industrial wastewater in the handmade module. Further analysis showed that the operational pressure on the aqueous side and the breakthrough pre..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the EM Unit at Bio21 Molecular Science & Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne and gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the Particulate Fluids Processing Centre at The University of Melbourne, a Special Research Centre of the Australian Research Council.