FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Performances of dead-end ultrafiltration of seawater: from the filtration and backwash efficiencies to the membrane fouling mechanisms BT AF MASSE, Anthony ARAB, Oumnia SECHET, Veronique JAOUEN, Pascal PONTIE, Maxime SABIRI, Nour-Eddine PLANTIER, Severine AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:1;6:1;7:1; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-PHYC;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 Univ Nantes, CNRS, UMR 6144, LUNAM,GEPEA, St Nazaire 44602, France. IFREMER, Ctr Nantes, Lab Phycotoxines, Nantes 44311, France. C2 UNIV NANTES, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-PHYC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 3.299 TC 27 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00286/39716/38172.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Seawater;Ultrafiltration;Fouling membrane;Alginic acids;Humic acids AB The present work investigates the fouling mechanisms of PVDF hollow fibre membrane (0.03 μm) during the dead end ultrafiltration at a fixed permeate flux (outside to inside configuration) of complex synthetic seawater composed by humic acids, alginic acids, inorganic particles and numerous salts at high concentrations. Short term ultrafiltration experiments at 100 L.h-1.m-2 show that the optimal specific filtered volume seems to be equal to 50 L.m-2. A residual fouling resistance equal to 2.1010 m-1 is added after each cycle of filtration during 8h of ultrafiltration at 100 L.h-1.m-2 and 50 L.m-2. Most of the fouling is reversible (80%). Organics are barely (15% of humic acids) retained by the membrane. Backwash efficiency drops during operation which induces less organics into backwash waters. Humic acids could preferentially accumulate on the membrane early in the ultrafiltration and alginic acids after the build-up of a fouling pre-layer. Colloids and particulates could accumulate inside a heterogeneous fouling layer and/or the concentrate compartment of the membrane module before being more largely recovered inside backwash waters. PY 2015 PD DEC SO Separation And Purification Technology SN 1383-5866 PU Elsevier Science Bv VL 156 UT 000366537900048 BP 512 EP 521 DI 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.10.044 ID 39716 ER EF