26th Feb 2022

ES 676: Membrane Process

2021-22/2 Mid Semester Examination
Time: 120 minutes Max. Marks: 100 (Total weightage: 15%)
Name: Roll No.:

Note: This is a closed book exam. No reference material is permitted. Please write your answer to the
point.
Section 1 (50 Marks)
1. (10 Marks)
a) What makes Polysulfone a stable polymer? (1 Mark)
b) Why is cellulose crystalline in nature? (1 Marks)
c) Which membrane polymer can be autoclaved? (1 Mark)
d) Explain secondary forces in chain interaction. In terms of energy, which forces are
strongest and weakest? ( 1+1+1 mark)
e) What are the two major differences between asymmetric and symmetric membranes
(2 marks)
f) What are the types of membrane fouling (2 Marks)
2. Explain the different arrangements of polymers with structural examples (2+3 Marks)
3. What are the challenges of conventional membrane technologies in water and wastewater
treatment, explain in short? (2.5+2.5 Marks)
4. What do you understand by electrodialysis and capacitive deionization? Write the major
difference between these two. (3+2 Marks)
5. What do you understand by transmembrane pressure? How it change with time and affects the
flux for dead end and crossflow filtration? (2+3 Marks)
6. Explain the glass transition temperature with graphical representation. (4 Marks)
7. Draw the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Train with and without membranes, and justify
your membrane selection in short (2+2+3 Marks)
8. Explain concentration-based and pressure-based Membrane processes for desalination and
wastewater treatment and what types of membranes we used for concentration-based and
pressure-based membrane processes; explain in detail. (4+2+3 Marks)

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