The Characteristics of Seawater RO Membrane for High Recovery System

해수담수화용 역삼투막의 고회수율 공정에서의 투과 특성

  • Published : 2002.09.01

Abstract

Polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membrane with thin film composite structure was commercialized for seawater desalination process. Recently, it has been reported that some RO processes for high pressure and recovery leads to reducing in energy cost and pretreatment scale compared with earlier process. The development of energy recovery, pumping device and RO elements with high pressure and rejection made high pressure and recovery process possible. In this study, permeation properties of commercialized seawater RO membrane were investigated under the condition of high pressure and recovery. In the RO sheet membrane test 3.5% NaCl of synthetic seawater was used. The synthetic seawater contained only sodium chloride. In the RO module test, natural seawater was used at Happo Bay, Masan city. As the results, RO membrane with high durability of pressure was better than that with high rejection of seawater for high pressure and recovery process. Seawater rejection of high concentrate tends to be improved by high pressure operation.

복합 박막의 구조를 갖는 폴리아미드계 역삼투 분리막은 상용화되어 해수담수화 공정에 널리 적용되어져 왔다. 최근 고압·고회수율 공정은 기존의 해수 담수화 공정에 비해 에너지 비용 및 전처리의 규모의 측면에서 절감 효과를 가진다는 결과들이 발표되어왔다. 고압·고회수율 공정은 에너지 회수, 고압 펌프 설비, 그리고 고압 고염제거율의 역삼투막 개발에 의해 가능해 졌다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 해수담수화 공정에 사용되는 역삼투 분리막에 대한 고압·고회수율 공정 조건에서의 투과 성능을 조사하였다. 역삼투 분리막 평막의 평가에는 3.5%의 NaCl 수용액을 인공해수로 조제하여 실시하였으며 역삼투 분리막 모듈의 평가는 마산시 합포해변에서 자연 해수를 직접 사용하였다. 그 결과로 고압 고회수율 공정에 적합한 역삼투막은 고압에 대한 내압성을 갖는 역삼투막임을 보여준다. 고농축수에 대한 염제거율은 고압 운전에 의해 자연 향상되는 경향을 나타내었다.

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