Evaluation of phenol removal via a spiral wound reverse osmosis process with different feed concentrations: simulation study | Zendy

Mudhar A. AlObaidi | Zendy; Samir Nassaf Mustafa | Zendy; Kawther H. Malek | Zendy

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Evaluation of phenol removal via a spiral wound reverse osmosis process with different feed concentrations: simulation study

Author(s) -

Mudhar A. AlObaidi,

Samir Nassaf Mustafa,

Kawther H. Malek

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

water science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.406

H-Index - 137

eISSN - 1996-9732

pISSN - 0273-1223

DOI - 10.2166/wst.2020.449

Subject(s) - reverse osmosis , phenol , process (computing) , process engineering , osmosis , spiral (railway) , environmental science , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , membrane , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , operating system

Reverse osmosis (RO) process is progressively engaged in various industrial applications as a promising separation process in favour of classical methods. In this study, an earlier one-dimensional distributed model of RO process, developed by the author, is used to simulate the transport phenomena of phenol removal. The proposed model represented the process parameters as a function of longitudinal variation along the x-coordinate of feed side. The transport parameters of the membrane are optimised by the gEST parameter estimation tool of gPROMS. The model is verified against phenol removal experimental data for a pilot-scale spiral wound RO (SWRO) treatment system. The model has been used to explore the effects of key operating parameters on the phenol removal for five feed concentration cases.

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