Applications of reverse osmosis for the removal of organic compounds from wastewater: Modeling, simulation and optimization

7^th World Convention on Waste Recycling and Reuse

May 16-17, 2018 Tokyo, Japan

Iqbal M Mujtaba, M A Al-Obaidi and C Kara-Zaitri

University of Bradford, UK
Middle Technical University, Iraq

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Adv Recycling Waste Manag

Abstract :

This paper presents a state-of-the-art on distributed models and associated performances of the most recent wastewater treatment methods based on the reverse osmosis (RO) process for the removal of high toxicological organic compounds from wastewater. The review begins with a discussion of key challenges for the removal of such harmful compounds. It provides a comprehensive critique on various models considering the impact of variable operating conditions and membrane dimensions and configurations, which are all aimed at improving performance on one hand and reducing cost on the other. Whilst the review readily shows major RO successes in this aspect of work, it nevertheless highlights the continuing challenge of completely removing many toxic compounds from wastewater. The abilities and indeed possibilities of the RO process for removing several toxic compounds are yet to be fully explored or realized with many opportunities and challenges for optimizing the underlying operating conditions, superstructure and membrane synthesis. I.M.Mujtaba@bradford.ac.uk