The rejection of trace organic contaminants (TrOCs) by an osmotically driven membrane filtration process was investigated. A set of 40 compounds representing major groups of TrOCs of concern was selected for this study. The rejection of the TrOCs by a commercial cellulose acetate asymmetric forward osmosis membrane, as well as a ''tight'' commercial thin-film composite nanofiltration (NF) membr...

In this paper, the performance of nanofiltration membrane process in removing Pb(II) from aqueous solution was modeled by the pore flow-concentration polarization model. The model was fabricated based on the simultaneous resolving of Extended Nernst–Planck equation(ENP), film theory, and osmotic pressure model. The effects of various operational parameters such as the applied pressure, feed con...

Volume Four 5-1 THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION EFFECT ON VOC REMOVAL BY PERVAPORATION 1S.X. Liu, 2L.M. Vane, and 1M. Peng 1Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520; Phone: (732) 932-9611 X240; Fax: (732) 932-6776; Email: [email protected]. 2Clean Process and Product Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. E...

A chelating resin, cross-linked chitosan modified with the glycine moiety (glycine-type chitosan resin), was developed for the collection and concentration of bismuth in aquatic samples for ICP-MS measurements. The adsorption behavior of bismuth and 55 elements on glycine-type chitosan resin was systematically examined by passing a sample solution containing 56 elements through a mini-column pa...

The control of electron energy probability functions (EEPFs) in low pressure partially ionized plasmas is typically accomplished through the format of the applied power. For example, through the use of pulse power, the EEPF can be modulated to produce shapes not possible under continuous wave excitation. This technique uses internal control. In this paper, we discuss a method for external contr...

In this paper, the variation of permselectivity in the course of concentration polarization is systematically analyzed for a three-layer membrane system consisting of a nonperfectly permselective ion exchange membrane, homogeneous or heterogeneous, flanked by two diffusion layers of a binary univalent electrolyte. For a heterogeneous membrane, an ionic transport model is proposed, which is amen...

In this paper, the effect of penicillin G benzathine (PGB) drug as a green corrosion inhibitor on mild steel in 1.0 M hydrochloric acid solution has been investigated using potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) techniques. The inhibition efficiency (IE) was found to increase with increasing inhibitor concentration. Potentiodynamic polarization measure...

Introduction Selenium is an essential element to human health at low levels (2080 μg/L), but becomes toxic at elevated levels. Selenium exists in different forms that determine its toxicity and bioavailability. Current research is now focusing on the determination of individual selenium species or seleniumcontaining compounds. This can be done using ICP-MS as a selenium-specific detector for a ...