Lessons Learned in Eight Years of Operating Multi-bore Ultrafiltration Membranes at the Byesville, Ohio Drinking Water Plant
In 2004, the Village of Byesville constructed Ohio’s first microfiltration membrane drinking water plant, designed to treat water from wells inside abandoned coal mines. After five years, the membranes began having integrity issues (fiber breaks), which steadily continued until, in 2014, the membrane trains were replaced with racks containing a unique multi-bore membrane that had […]
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Solutions Volume 40 Issue 4 2021
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Solutions Volume 40 Issue 4 2021
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Solutions Volume 41 Issue 1 2022
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Ian C. Watson Fellowship – 2021 Award Recipient
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is pleased to announce that the 2021 recipient of the Ian C. Watson Fellowship for Membrane Advancement is Ms. Dana Reed of the University of Houston. Reed is an Environmental Engineering graduate student studying Covalent Organic Framework Nanofiltration Membranes as a Platform for Development of a Simplified Predictive Donnan […]
The Influence of Complex Ions in High Recovery and Brine Concentrator Saturation Calculations
As RO systems are pushed to increasingly higher recoveries, the concentration of salts in solution increases exponentially. This drastic increase in salt concentration demands more complex scaling calculations for proper system operation. One major factor in high salinity RO concentrates is the influence of complex ions on ionic equilibria. Complex ions play a major role […]
The Influence of Complex Ions in High Recovery and Brine Concentrator Saturation Calculations
As RO systems are pushed to increasingly higher recoveries, the concentration of salts in solution increases exponentially. This drastic increase in salt concentration demands more complex scaling calculations for proper system operation. One major factor in high salinity RO concentrates is the influence of complex ions on ionic equilibria. Complex ions play a major role […]
An Approach to Membrane Filtration Cleaning Explored Through Three Case Studies
Poor performance from membrane filtration plants causes higher operating costs and can limit production. Performance issues generally can be classified as either fouling or fiber breaks. Fouling is a pervasive issue in membrane filtration impacting all facilities at some level. Fouling left unchecked compounds into irreversible damage to the membrane which cannot be removed by […]
An Approach to Membrane Filtration Cleaning Explored Through Three Case Studies
Poor performance from membrane filtration plants causes higher operating costs and can limit production. Performance issues generally can be classified as either fouling or fiber breaks. Fouling is a pervasive issue in membrane filtration impacting all facilities at some level. Fouling left unchecked compounds into irreversible damage to the membrane which cannot be removed by […]
