A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling
Membrane fouling can cause severe flux drops and affect the quality of produced water, which is a major obstacle for membrane applications. Great efforts have been made to examine theoretical models and numerical simulations for fouling behavior and mechanisms in the past decades, but there is a lac...
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| author | Haiyan Yang Xuri Yu Junxia Liu Zhiwei Tang Tianyi Huang Zhihong Wang Qiyun Zhong Zhihong Long Lin Wang |
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| description | Membrane fouling can cause severe flux drops and affect the quality of produced water, which is a major obstacle for membrane applications. Great efforts have been made to examine theoretical models and numerical simulations for fouling behavior and mechanisms in the past decades, but there is a lack of literature providing a systematic summary. This work aims to present a state-of-the-art review of the principles, applicability and advantages of fouling theoretical models (i.e., the concentration polarization, cake layer formation and blocking models), and numerical simulations (i.e., computational fluid dynamics, Monte Carlo simulation, and artificial neural networks) for fouling behavior and mechanisms. Through these models and simulations, the behaviors of foulant particles at the microscopic level are analyzed in detail from the perspective of force, energy, and particle trajectory during the fouling process. The concise summary of fouling modeling in this review gives guidelines for the selection and application of models to simulate the membrane fouling process accurately, and the optimization of the operation in membrane-based processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-328c620c518541d18602d0e5961c32672023-11-24T07:21:03ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412022-11-011421353710.3390/w14213537A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane FoulingHaiyan Yang0Xuri Yu1Junxia Liu2Zhiwei Tang3Tianyi Huang4Zhihong Wang5Qiyun Zhong6Zhihong Long7Lin Wang8School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaSchool of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaGuangzhou Water Supply Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510600, ChinaGuangzhou Water Supply Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510600, ChinaSchool of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, ChinaMembrane fouling can cause severe flux drops and affect the quality of produced water, which is a major obstacle for membrane applications. Great efforts have been made to examine theoretical models and numerical simulations for fouling behavior and mechanisms in the past decades, but there is a lack of literature providing a systematic summary. This work aims to present a state-of-the-art review of the principles, applicability and advantages of fouling theoretical models (i.e., the concentration polarization, cake layer formation and blocking models), and numerical simulations (i.e., computational fluid dynamics, Monte Carlo simulation, and artificial neural networks) for fouling behavior and mechanisms. Through these models and simulations, the behaviors of foulant particles at the microscopic level are analyzed in detail from the perspective of force, energy, and particle trajectory during the fouling process. The concise summary of fouling modeling in this review gives guidelines for the selection and application of models to simulate the membrane fouling process accurately, and the optimization of the operation in membrane-based processes.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/21/3537membrane foulingconcentration polarizationcake layer formationblocking modelcomputational fluid dynamicsMonte Carlo simulation |
| spellingShingle | Haiyan Yang Xuri Yu Junxia Liu Zhiwei Tang Tianyi Huang Zhihong Wang Qiyun Zhong Zhihong Long Lin Wang A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling Water membrane fouling concentration polarization cake layer formation blocking model computational fluid dynamics Monte Carlo simulation |
| title | A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling |
| title_full | A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling |
| title_fullStr | A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling |
| title_short | A Concise Review of Theoretical Models and Numerical Simulations of Membrane Fouling |
| title_sort | concise review of theoretical models and numerical simulations of membrane fouling |
| topic | membrane fouling concentration polarization cake layer formation blocking model computational fluid dynamics Monte Carlo simulation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/21/3537 |
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