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Desalination 307 (2012) 68–75
Desalination
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Article history: This work aimed to evaluate the influence of specific operational conditions on the performance of a
Received 20 June 2012 spiral-wound ultrafiltration pilot plant for direct drinking water treatment, installed at the Guarapiranga's
Received in revised form 1 September 2012 reservoir, in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region. Results from operational tests showed that the volume of
Accepted 5 September 2012
permeate produced in the combination of periodic relaxation with flushing and chlorine dosage procedures
Available online 28 September 2012
was 49% higher than the volume obtained when these procedures were not used. Two years of continuous
Keywords:
operation demonstrated that the ultrafiltration pilot plant performed better during fall and winter seasons,
Ultrafiltration higher permeate flow production and reduced chemical cleanings frequency. Observed behavior seems to
Drinking water be associated with the algae bloom events in the reservoir, which are more frequent during spring and sum-
Concentrate recirculation mer seasons, confirmed by chlorophyll-a analysis results. Concentrate clarification using ferric chloride was
Operational procedures quite effective in removing NOM and turbidity, allowing its recirculation to the ultrafiltration feed tank.
This procedure made it possible to reach almost 99% water recovery considering a single 54-hour
recirculation cycle. Water quality monitoring demonstrated that the ultrafiltration pilot plant was quite effi-
cient, and that potential pathogenic organisms, Escherichia coli and total coliforms, turbidity and apparent
color removals were 100%, 95.1%, and 91.5%, respectively.
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performance [16–20]. Evaluated approaches to improve membrane backwash. Only one spiral-wound ultrafiltration membrane from
systems' performance include feed pre-treatment, addition of chemicals GE-Osmonics (Model PW-4040F) was used, with a molecular weight
combined with activated carbon and oxidizers, membrane backwashing, cut-off of 10,000 g·mol−1. The pilot plant operation was fully automat-
and chemical cleaning, among others [18,21–25]. ed, and once the operational conditions were set, it only stopped by op-
Considering the limited use of spiral-wound ultrafiltration sys- erator interference, or by a low water level in the feed tank.
tems for drinking water treatment, fouling issues on these systems, Water from the reservoir was diverted from a main water transfer
and consequently their performance, are mostly addressed by feed pipeline from Guarapiranga Reservoir to the Alto da Boa Vista drinking
water pre-treatment, addition of chemicals, and membrane chemical water treatment plant. Before reaching the feed tank, reservoir water
cleaning. However, recent studies have shown that combining tradition- passed through a sand filter with a 0.5 mm effective diameter of sand
al procedures with specific operational conditions can result in mem- particles and a filtration area of 0.19 m2 (19CFA4-M — Jacuzzi do Brasil).
brane performance improvement [26]. Considering the results obtained From the feed tank, water was pumped to the membrane pressure ves-
in previous studies, it was deemed necessary to produce a better evalua- sel, passing through a screen filter of 100 μm (1″ Super — Amiad Water
tion of the influence of pre-chlorination and periodic relaxation and Systems). From the membrane pressure vessel two streams were
flushing procedure on the operational performance of a spiral-wound ul- obtained, including permeate which was sent to the cleaning tank and
trafiltration membrane for direct drinking water treatment, using a pilot then to the permeate tank, and concentrate which was recirculated to
plant installed at the Guarapiranga's reservoir, located in the Sao Paulo the feed pump suction line, in order to increase water recovery. Mem-
Metropolitan Region. Evaluation tests last 2 years, which made possible brane operation pressure was set using a globe valve (G1). Ultrafiltration
an evaluation of the influence of specific operational procedures and sea- pilot plant was operated in the feed and bleed mode [22], in order to
sonal weather conditions on system performance. facilitate its operation when working with an increased water recovery,
because of problems for keeping continuous concentrate discharge
2. Experimental observed in a previous study [26]. For controlling water recovery, a set
of timer-operated solenoid valves was used. The timer (K1) was
2.1. Pilot plant unit programmed to activate solenoid valves S2 and S3 for 10 s every
10 min, for concentrate discharge.
All the experiments had been developed using an ultrafiltration pilot Chemical cleaning was performed periodically, using first permeate
plant installed close to the Guarapiranga Reservoir, in the city of Sao water for flushing and rinsing, then sodium hydroxide solution (pH 12),
Paulo, in an area that belongs to the Companhia de Saneamento for organic fouling removal, and finally peracetic acid solution (0.1%) for
Basicodo Estado de Sao Paulo (SABESP), the company responsible for sanitization. Membrane cleaning procedure was used either when per-
drinking water treatment and distribution in Sao Paulo State — Brazil. meate flow declined, which resulted in a variable cleaning frequency, or
This reservoir is used to produce drinking water for a population of ap- after a specific test.
proximately 6 million people. The system's operational performance was evaluated through con-
A flow diagram of the ultrafiltration pilot plant used in the experi- tinuous monitoring of permeate flow (FE-1), temperature (TE) and
ments is depicted in Fig. 1, where bold lines represent the main flow turbidity (AE — from Hach — model 1720E), recirculation flow (FE-2),
and dashed lines represent the flow during chemical cleaning, or filters membrane pressure (PE) and head loss (dPE). These data were
Cleaning tank
AE
Permeate
Screen
Reservior filter
PE Pressure Vessel FE1 TE
P -15
Permeate
Feed Tank
Tank
Sand Filter Fe e d
S-1 (NC)
pump dPE G-1
Drainage
Fig. 1. Flow diagram of the ultrafiltration pilot plant used in the evaluation.
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Ferric Chloride
Tank
Dosing pump
Concentrate
Concentrate Pump
Storage Tank
UF Feed pump
Sewer
collected and stored in the data logger every 2 min, and once a week, or from December 2007 to December 2009, resulting in a continuous oper-
after a specific test, stored data were downloaded to a computer for fur- ation time of almost 16,000 h. During this period, permeate flow, temper-
ther analysis. ature and turbidity, membrane pressure and head loss, and concentrate
recirculation flow measurements were collected every 2 min and stored
2.2. Operational procedures tests in the data logger. Data in the data logger were downloaded to a comput-
er once a week, for treatment and analysis.
In order to establish specific operational conditions, preliminary For the evaluation of water treatment efficiency, raw water and per-
tests were carried out to evaluate the influence of chlorine dosage meate samples were collected periodically to evaluate UV-254 absorp-
in the feed tank and the use of periodic relaxation procedure on tion (UV-Mini 1240 — Shimadzu), dissolved organic carbon (TOC-V
membrane performance. For this purpose three operational condi- CPH — Shimadzu Corporation), apparent color (AcquaColor — Policontrol
tions were evaluated: (a) periodic relaxation and flushing procedure Instrumentos Analíticos), pH (Q400MT — Quimis Aparelhos Científicos),
without chlorine dosage, (b) periodic relaxation and fluxing proce- total coliforms and Escherichia coli, using the plate count method
dure with chlorine dosage, and (c) no periodic relaxation and flushing (Colilert® — IDEXX Laboratories).
procedure with chlorine dosage.
The periodic relaxation and flushing procedure consisted of a daily 2.4. Concentrate treatment and recirculation
interruption of system operation controlled by another timer (K2).
After a continuous 24-hour operation period, the system was turned In order to increase system water recovery and solve the problem
off for 10 min. During the stopping period, after 4 min the same timer with concentrate disposal, a test for concentrate clarification and
(K2) activated the feed pump and solenoids S1 and S3 to perform mem- recirculation to the feed tank was performed. Preliminary concentrate
brane flushing for 2 min, turning the system off again, for 4 more mi- clarification tests were carried out using a Jar-test equipment (JT-203/
nutes, and after that normal system operation was resumed. 06 — Milan Equipamentos Científicos Ltda), to determine the best clar-
ification condition. Ferric chloride hexahydrate was used as a coagulant,
2.3. System performance evaluation with a ferric ion concentration ranging from 2 to 17 mg Fe3+·L−1. The
pH ranged from 4.5 to 7.0 using analytical grade sodium hydroxide or
Once the best operation procedure was established the pilot plant hydrochloric acid solutions prepared using analytical grade reagents.
stated to operate continuously for a long-term performance evaluation, Clarification efficiency was evaluated based on apparent color reduction.
300
Permeate Flux (L.h-1.m -2)
250 b
200
150
100
50
0
a) b) c)
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Operation time (minutes) Operation time (minutes) Operation time (minutes)
Fig. 3. Results from operational procedure tests: a) continuous operation with chlorine dosage; b) periodic relaxation and flushing with chlorine dosage; and c) periodic relaxation
and flushing without chlorine.
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500
Minimum Average Maximum 2 per. Mov. Avg. (Average)
Normalized Permeate Flow (L.h -1)
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
00
04/01 a 14/01/2008
14/01 a 16/01/2008
16/01 a 28/01/2008
29/01 a 07/02/2008
07/02 a 08/02/2008
19/02 a 21/02/2008
26/02 a 06/03/2008
06/03 a 18/03/2008
18/03 a 27/03/2008
28/03 a 03/04/2008
03/04 a 08/04/2008
08/04 a 24/04/2008
25/04 a 07/05/2008
08/05 a 21/05/2008
21/05 a 07/06/2008
07/06 a 16/06/2008
16/06 a 10/07/2008
11/07 a 24/07/2008
24/07 a 07/08/2008
07/08 a 19/08/2008
19/08 a 02/09/2008
05/09 a 16/09/2008
16/09 a 22/09/2008
22/09 a 02/10/2008
02/10 a 07/10/2008
08/10 a 14/10/2008
14/10 a 22/10/2008
23/10 a 29/10/2008
29/10 a 03/11/2008
03/11 a 19/11/2008
21/11 a 04/12/2008
05/12 a 22/12/2008
07/01 a 16/01/2009
16/01 a 22/01/2009
26/01 a 05/02/2009
05/02 a 09/02/2009
19/03 a 01/04/2009
01/04 a 17/04/2009
17/04 a 29/04/2009
05/05 a 21/05/2009
21/05 a 04/06/2009
05/06 a 12/06/2009
12/06 a 18/06/2009
18/06 a 24/06/2009
24/06 a 03/07/2009
03/07 a 08/07/2009
08/07 a 14/07/2009
14/07 a 28/07/2009
28/07 a 06/08/2009
06/08 a 12/08/2009
12/08 a 19/08/2009
19/08 a 27/08/2009
27/08 a 04/09/2009
04/09 a 10/09/2009
11/09 a 16/09/2009
16/09 a 02/10/2009
02/10 a 19/10/2009
19/10 a 29/10/2009
29/10 a 06/11/2009
10/11 a 18/11/2009
18/11 a 27/11/2009
01/12 a 09/12/2009
09/12 a 18/12/2009
18/12 a 23/12/2009
12//02 a 19/02/2008
18/12/2007 a 04/01/2008
23/12/2008 a 06/01/2009
Operation Period
Table 3
Results for chlorophyll-a concentrations measured at the Guarapiranga Reservoir during 2008 and 2009 [28,29].
2008 20.5 23.5 n.a. 27.3 38.6 21.5 14.9 19.3 26 19.5 53.5 23.1
2009 7.7 23.5 9.2 29.1 6 21.7 15.1 17.8 33.2 21.1 71.2 25.2
[27]. It is also important to observe that water recovery was very a significant removal was obtained, with average values of 28.7% and
high, close to 90%, and the permeate turbidity was kept well below 41.7%, respectively. It is important to mention that only one permeate
the Brazilian standard for drinking water, which is 1.0 NTU. The av- sample presented positive results for total coliform, very close to the
erage raw water turbidity was 3.45 NTU. method detection limit. This can most probably be associated to sample
The behavior of system normalized permeate flow during the evalu- contamination during its manipulation.
ation period can be observed in Fig. 4, which shows a permeate flow Results for UV-254 removal obtained in this study (41.7%) are very
improvement during the fall and winter seasons. This behavior can be similar to those obtained by Liang et al. [8], which were only obtained
attributed to the lower temperatures observed in these periods when because of chemical additions and pretreatment used on their exper-
compared to spring and summer, which directly affects Guarapiranga iments. However permeate fluxes obtained in the experiments devel-
Reservoir's water quality, probably because of algae blooms. This state- oped by the former researchers (60 to 70 L·h −1·m −2), were higher
ment can be supported by the results for chlorophyll-a analysis than those obtained in this study (15.5 L·h −1·m −2), under the
performed by the São Paulo Environmental Agency (CETESB), which same operational pressure, which could be attributed to the fact
are presented in Table 3. that they used a membrane with a higher MWCO (100,000 g·mol −1).
Comparing the results presented in Table 3, and the specific period of The results thus far presented clearly demonstrate the high poten-
operation depicted in Fig. 4, it is possible to establish a direct correlation tial for using spiral-wound ultrafiltration membranes for drinking
among system normalized permeate flow, chlorophyll-a concentration, water treatment, considering stable operational conditions and high
and water temperature. This implies that when chlorophyll-a concentra- efficiencies for contaminant removals, and that specific operational
tion and water temperature decrease, during fall and winter seasons, procedures can improve long-term system performance.
permeate flow increases, then starts to decrease in the spring season,
reaching its lowest values in summer. This behavior becomes more evi-
dent through the analysis of data presented in Table 4. 3.3. Concentrate treatment and recirculation
Through statistical analysis, using the ANOVA-single factor with a
confidence level of 95%, it could be verified that average values for the Considering the problems associated with the concentrate produced
permeate flow data set of 2008 and 2009 belong to the same popula- when membrane technology is applied for water treatment [30], since
tion with a probability of 29.7% (p-value of 0.297), which supports soluble salt concentration is not an issue, ultrafiltration concentrate
the correlation between system performance and seasonal weather treatment and recirculation can be a good option to cope with this
conditions. by-product. A coagulation diagram obtained in laboratory clarification
The influence of seasonal weather on the operational performance tests is presented in Fig. 7, and average concentrate characteristics are
of the ultrafiltration pilot unit can also be demonstrated based on the presented in Table 6.
frequency of chemical cleanings in each season, as it is presented in Based on the coagulation diagram obtained (Fig. 7), the best condi-
Fig. 5. It is important to note that the frequency of chemical cleanings tions for concentrate clarification are a pH lower than 6.0 and a ferric
is higher in spring and summer, which supports previous statements ion dosage higher than 12 mg Fe3+·L−1, which result in a color remov-
about the influence of seasons on membrane operational performance. al efficiency above 80%. These results can be explained based on concen-
With regard to water treatment efficiency, Table 5 presents results trate characteristics, high color and low turbidity (Table 6), indicating
for raw and permeate water samples collected and analyzed during that natural organic matter (NOM) is the main contaminant to be re-
the ultrafiltration pilot unit operation, and Fig. 6 presents removal moved, which requires a lower coagulation pH in order to obtain good
efficiencies. removal efficiencies [31].
Results presented in Table 5 and Fig. 6 clearly demonstrate the high Once the coagulation and flocculation conditions were determined,
performance of the ultrafiltration pilot unit for direct drinking water the clarification unit started to operate in order to evaluate the influ-
treatment, mainly because the high removal efficiencies obtained for ence of clarified concentrate recirculation on the ultrafiltration pilot
potential pathogenic organisms, 100% for E. coli and total coliforms,
95.1% for turbidity, and 91.5 for apparent color. Even for dissolved or-
ganic matter, indirectly measured through DOC and UV-254 absorption,
2.0
Frequency (month-1)
Chemical Cleaning
1.5
Table 4
Seasonal variation of permeate flow of the ultrafiltration pilot plant in 2008 and 2009.
1.0
Year Season Permeate flow (L·h−1)
9
8
08
08
09
00
00
00
00
00
20
20
r/2
r/2
/2
/2
l/2
ll/
g/
g/
er
er
te
rin
rin
Fa
Fa
m
m
in
in
m
m
Sp
Sp
W
Su
Su
Table 5
Results for raw and permeate water samples collected during the evaluation period.
Sample ABS UV-254 (cm−1) DOC (mg·L−1) Aparent color (uC) Turbidity (NTU)a E. coli (NMP·100 mL−1) Total coliform (NMP·100 mL−1)
unit performance. Coagulant dosage was 12.4 mg Fe3+·L−1, and no increase in transmembrane pressure until the periodic relaxation
acid or alkali was added because the coagulant dosage was sufficient and flushing procedure started.
for pH adjustment. Table 7 presents the results for the removal of spe- A similar behavior described previously occurred in the subse-
cific contaminants, obtained during the clarification unit operation. quent operation cycle, but with a noticeable reduction in permeate
As can be seen in Table 7, the clarification system was very efficient flow. Once the concentrate recirculation was stopped, transmem-
in the removal of apparent color (94.9%), and turbidity (98.7%), but with brane pressure stabilized, permeate flow started to decrease steadily,
significant removal efficiencies for UV-254 light absorption (69.8%) and and permeate turbidity became more unstable. Since concentrate
DOC (61.5%). These results are in agreement with the data presented in recirculation represented less than 15% of the ultrafiltration pilot
the literature [31]. The quality of the clarification system effluent unit feed flow, and the clarified concentrate characteristic seems to
(Table 7) is quite better than the quality of the raw ultrafiltration pilot be quite similar to raw water, it is not possible to draw a definitive
unit feed (Table 5), which indicates the feasibility of clarified concen- conclusion about the observed behavior. However, since clarified con-
trate recirculation. centrate was not filtered, and no pH adjustment was made before
The influence of clarified concentrate recirculation on the ultrafil- recirculation, it is possible that residual ferric ions were precipitated
tration pilot unit performance was evaluated by comparing permeate and flocculated. This flocculated material was then retained on the
flow and online turbidity, before and after the recirculation procedure membrane surface, increasing transmembrane pressure during nor-
was started. The results are presented in Fig. 8. mal system operation, and during the periodic relaxation and flushing
Due to operational difficulties, the clarification unit only operated procedure this material was removed, resulting in a reduction in the
for 54 h with continuous clarified recirculation to the ultrafiltration transmembrane pressure at the beginning of the next production
system feed tank. The main difficulty faced during the experiment cycle. Observed turbidity peaks in Fig. 8 are most probably related
was to keep the clarification system working in a steady state condi- to bubbles or other hydraulic phenomena inside the turbidimeter
tion, because most of the system components were adapted for the cell, because these peaks were observed for a short period of time,
intended use, and operation flow (20 L·h −1), was higher than con- mainly after the relaxation and flushing procedure was finished.
centrate flow production, averaging 14 L·h −1. Although the concen- Even though it was not possible to draw a definitive conclusion about
trate clarification system did not operate continuously for a long the influence of clarified concentrate recirculation on the ultrafiltration
period of time, by the analysis of Fig. 8 it is possible to observe a
small change in the operational performance of ultrafiltration pilot 7.0
unit. From the start of the clarified concentrate recirculation, no sig-
nificant change in permeate flow was observed, but permeate turbid-
ity became more stable. However, it was possible to notice a steady
6.5
100
6.0
pH (unitis)
80
Removal (%)
5.5
60
40
5.0
20
4.5
0 2 4 6 8 12 17
ABS UV- DOC Aparent Turbidity E. Coli Total Fe3+ (mg.L-1)
254 Color Coliforms
0%-20% 20%-40% 40%-60% 60%-80% 80%-100%
Fig. 6. Contaminant removal efficiencies obtained by the ultrafiltration pilot unit during
the evaluation period. Fig. 7. Ultrafiltration concentrate coagulation diagram.
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Table 6
Ultrafiltration pilot unit concentrate characteristics.
Quality variable Number of samples Unit Minimum Average Maximum Standard deviation
250 0.40
Continuous Clarified Continuos Clarified
Concentrate Recirculation Concentrate Recirculation
0.35
Normalized Permeate Flow (L.h-1) and
Start Stop
Permeate
200
Transmembrane Pressure (kPa)
Flow
0.30
0.25
150
0.20
100
0.15
Turbidity 0.10
50 Transmembrane
Pressure
0.05
0 0.00
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
ration time (minutes)
Transmembrane Pressure (kPa) Normalized Permeate Flow (L/h) Turbidity (NTU)
Fig. 8. Comparative ultrafiltration pilot unit operational performance before and after clarified concentrate recirculation.
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