Ozone membrane contactor to intensify gas/liquid mass transfer and contaminants of emerging concern oxidation

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Presumido, PH (Author) Other; Montes, R (Author) Other; Quintana, JB (Author) Other; Rodil, R (Author) Other; Feliciano, M (Author) Other; Li Puma, G (Author) Other; Gomes, AI (Author) Other; Vitor Vilar (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Vol. 10 No. 107348

ISSN: 2213-3437

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-00X-9HV

DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.108671

Abstract (EN): A tubular porous borosilicate membrane contactor was investigated for ozone gas/water mass transfer and the removal of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in water. Ozone gas/water contact occurs on the mem-brane shell-side, which is coated with a photocatalyst (TiO2-P25), as the ozone gas stream is fed from the lumen side and permeates through the pores generating micro-sized ozone bubbles uniformly delivered to the annular reaction zone where the contaminated water to be treated flows. Under continuous flow, water pH at 3.0 and temperature at 20 oC, the volumetric mass transfer coefficient (KLa) ranged from 3.5 to 9.0 min- 1 and improved with the increase of gas flow rate (QG, 1.5-fold from 0.15 to 1.0 Ndm3 min-1) and liquid flow rate (QL, 2.0-fold from 20 to 50 L h-1), due to enhanced turbulence on the membrane shell-side and annular zone. The mass transfer efficiency was more pronounced as the QG decreased and the QL increased, which is advantageous for large-scale applications. The main resistances to ozone transfer were in the water phase boundary layer (53-76%) and in the membrane (24-47%; kM = (1.14 +/- 0.01) x 10-4 m s-1). For an ozone dose of 12 g m- 3 and residence time of 3.9 s, removals >= 80% were achieved for 13 of 19 CECs spiked in demineralized water (each 10 mu g L-1), demonstrating the applicability of this membrane contactor for ozonation treatment. Photocatalytic ozonation (O3/UVC/TiO2) did not significantly improve the treatment performance due to the low residence time inside the contactor.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13