In this study, anionic surfactant, such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), at a concentration higher than its critical micellar concentration (CMC) was added to calcium solution for forming micelles. After adding SDS, aggregates were formed by adsorptio...
In this study, anionic surfactant, such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), at a concentration higher than its critical micellar concentration (CMC) was added to calcium solution for forming micelles. After adding SDS, aggregates were formed by adsorption or binding of calcium ions on the surface of micelles, and gathering between the micelles, and then rejected by two kinds of ceramic membranes for removing calcium ions from aqueous solution. As result, rejection rates of calcium were higher than 99.98 %, because the micelle aggregates were rejected almost perfectly by our ceramic membranes. Then, we investigated the change of dimensionless permeate flux (J/J_(o)) and permeate flux (J) during 100 minutes' filtration to see effect of TMP (Trans-membrane pressure) on membrane fouling and rejection rate of calcium. As result, the higher TMP trended to increase the resistance of membrane fouling (R_(f)) in the range of our expenments. However, we could acquire the highest volume of total permeate volume (V_(T)), J/J_(o) and J at the highest TMP for the reason that TMP was driving force in our membrane process. And we investigated effects of N_(2)-back-flushing time (BT) and filtration time (FT), that was back-flushing period, during pehodic N_(2)-back-flushing on ceramic membranes. As result, optimal BT for NCMT-6231 (0.07 ㎛ pore size) and NCMT-7231 membrane (0.10 ㎛) were 10 sec and 15 sec, respectively. Also, optimal FT was 5 min for both ceramic membranes, and the frequent N_(2)-back-Hushing could decrease membrane fouling effectively. Then, the optimal conditions resulting from our experiments for synthetic calcium solution were applied to groundwater using as washing process of soymilk package in a factory. As result, rejection rates of calcium were higher than 99.98 % for two kinds of our ceramic membranes.