Co-activation of peroxymonosulfate activation with sunlight and tailored catalytic MnFe2O4/MWCNTs membrane to mitigate membrane fouling caused by NOM and synergistic oxidation mechanism analysis
Yuxuan Ma , Cong Zhang , Dandan Wang , Kai Cheng , Yanjun Lu , Chaomeng Dai , Jifeng Guo
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Abstract
Membrane fouling has been a major factor hindering the development of ultrafiltration membranes. Herein, a novel in situ oxidation system was constructed via introducing MnFe2O4/MWCNTs into polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes, utilizing sunlight to synergistically activate persulfate (PMS) to mitigate ultrafiltration membrane fouling. The mechanism of mitigating membrane fouling in MnFe2O4/MWCNTs-PVDF ultrafiltration membranes was systematically explored under four system (single filtration, single sunlight irradiation, single PMS oxidation and sunlight co-activated PMS). The MnFe2O4/MWCNTs-PVDF membranes exhibited different fouling characteristics under the four systems, with the sunlight and MnFe2O4/MWCNTs membrane co-activated PMS filtration system showing the highest humic acid (HA) removal efficiency of 90.2 %, as well as the lowest Rr (0.2108 × 1012m−1) and Rir (0.4525 × 1012m−1). To further evaluate the practicality and effectiveness of the sunlight-MnFe2O4/MWCNTs-PMS system, the secondary effluent was selected to verify the treatment effect on natural organic matter (NOM) of actual water. By observing the microscopic morphology of the fouled membrane surface, it was evident that, compared with the other three filtration systems, the filter cake layer on the MnFe2O4/MWCNTs membrane surface of the sunlight co-activated PMS system was obviously reduced, and the structure of the cake layer was more loose. It can be concluded that the principle behind the synergistically activated system to alleviate the membrane fouling was to accelerate the mineralization rate of HA molecules, oxidize the HA into a smaller particle size that can pass through the membrane pores. The main reactive oxygen species and HA degradation mechanism in the synergistic activation system were further elucidated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) analysis and density functional theory calculations (DFT). The results indicated that the degradation of HA by the synergistically activated PMS system involved a combination of free radicals (·O2−、SO4·− and ·OH) and non-free radicals (1O2). Overall, the in-situ oxidation system provided an alternative way to alleviate ultrafiltration membrane fouling.
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The Journal of Membrane Science is a publication that focuses on membrane systems and is aimed at academic and industrial chemists, chemical engineers, materials scientists, and membranologists. It publishes original research and reviews on various aspects of membrane transport, membrane formation/structure, fouling, module/process design, and processes/applications. The journal primarily focuses on the structure, function, and performance of non-biological membranes but also includes papers that relate to biological membranes. The Journal of Membrane Science publishes Full Text Papers, State-of-the-Art Reviews, Letters to the Editor, and Perspectives.