EFFECTS OF MICROALGAL CONCENTRATION AND pH WITH FLOCCULANT ON MICROFILTRATION

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Authors

  • Ana Luiza Mendes Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência dos Materiais, 89065-300 Curitiba, Brazil
  • Daimon Jefferson Jung de Oliveira Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Química, 89065-300 Curitiba, Brazil
  • Thamayne Valadares de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Engenharia Química, 38408-144 Uberlândia, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0896-6363
  • Fernando Augusto Pederson Voll Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia Química, 89065-300 Curitiba, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7287-268X
  • Rafael Bruno Vieira Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Engenharia Química, 38408-144 Uberlândia, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-1870
  • Andre Bellini Mariano Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Engenharia Elétrica, 89065-300 Curitiba, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ220125032M

Keywords:

Ceramic membrane, Microalgal, Microfiltration, Concentration, pH

Abstract

To make algal biomass a suitable feedstock for fuel and bioproducts, a practical way of dewatering and concentrating algal cells must be devised. In this study, a system comprising microfiltration membranes combined with a flocculant was developed on a low-cost ceramic substrate to harvest Tetradesmus obliquus efficiently. The effects of tannin-based flocculant concentration, microalgal concentration, and pH on microfiltration were studied. Permeate flux was evaluated for 5400 s through experiments to analyze the total resistance and the fouling mechanism. Results show that the cake filtration model best represented the data. The experiments at pH 4 and 0.06 kg/m3 of microalgae (with flocculant) showed improved results with a reduction in the J/J0 (permeate flux/initial flux) ratio of 39%. In addition, the effects of critical flux, transmembrane pressure, and fouling mechanism on microfiltration were investigated under the best conditions studied. Applying the stepping method to the critical flux yielded a permeate flux of 2.2 × 10-5 m3m−2s−1. The 70 kPa condition showed the highest permeate flux (3.0 × 10−5 m3m−2s−1) and a low cake pore blocking coefficient (k) obtained by the modified Hermia model. This study showed that Tanfloc at low pH could maximize microalgal separation in membrane processes.

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EFFECTS OF MICROALGAL CONCENTRATION AND pH WITH FLOCCULANT ON MICROFILTRATION: Original scientific paper. (2023). Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 29(4), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ220125032M

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