Ceramic Membranes For Wastewater Treatment

Common ceramic membranes including those made of alumina zirconia titania silica and zeolite are presented first where their advantages and disadvantages are compared and discussed.

Ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment.

Filtration behavior fouling and prevention mohammed wali hakami 1 abdullah alkhudhiri 2 sirhan al batty 1 myrto panagiota zacharof 3 jon maddy 3 and nidal hilal 4 1 chemical engineering technology department jubail industrial college jubail industrial city 31961 saudi arabia. Herein we present a waste to resource strategy for rational fabrication of low cost ceramic membranes which simultaneously addresses the treatment of heavy metal laden sludges and the separation of oil in water o w emulsions. In this review article the key types of ceramic membranes that are applied in water and wastewater treatment are described and analysed. Common ceramic membranes made of alumina zirconia titania silica and zeolite are described and their advantages and disadvantages are compared and discussed.

The well thought out designed and implemented use of membranes can decrease capital. Ceramic membrane is extensively used in water and wastewater treatment which include oil field injection water paper industry waste water landfill leachate palm oil wastewater textil and printing industry wastewater oily wastewater titanium dioxide wastewater fermentation chemical industry wastewater desalination seawater treatment and degreasing liquid treatment and other aspects. Nowadays integrated microfiltration mf membrane systems treatment is becoming widely popular due to its feasibility process reliability commercial availability modularity relative insensitivity in case of wastewater of various industrial sources as well as raw water treatment and lower operating costs. Membranes review ceramic microfiltration membranes in wastewater treatment.

Mbrs that are employ ceramic membranes are more reliable for wastewater treatment and water quality after treatment and improve the lifetime of the filtration process. Industrial wastewater and wastewaters that is hard to treat difficult wastewater there are some requirements such as chemical agents high temperature and the presence of. Highly efficient and economic treatment of wastewater sludges and wastewaters in one way is a challenging issue in the water treatment field. The typical applications for ceramic uf membranes are oily wastewater treatment beverage and juice purification biological fermentation treatment and organic solvents filtration.

A critical review on current status and future perspectives of ceramic based membranes for water and wastewater treatment is given. Ceramic membranes for wastewater treatment p.