Sustainable membrane-based process for valorisation of cork boiling wastewaters

João Paulo Serejo Goulão Crespo, DQ Group Author

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Abstract

Cork boiling wastewaters were processed by nanofiltration (NF) in order to concentrate phenolic compounds, whose tanning power allows their application in the leather tanning process as a retanning agent, and to produce a permeate suitable for reuse in the cork boiling operation, according to the International Code of Cork Stopper Manufacturing Practice. Four commercial polymeric membranes were selected and tested at laboratory scale: NTR7450, Desal-DK, NF90 and NF270. The feed volume reduction factor (VRF) was defined to be equal to seven or higher, and the operation was carried out in a batch mode at 15 bar and 25 degrees C. The performance of the different membranes was evaluated determining membrane permeability and rejection coefficients for several pollutant indicators: total organic carbon (TOC), colour, absorbance at 254 nm and salt content. Two membranes were selected to perform pilot-scale studies, NF270 and NF90, based on their performance in this process. The results obtained in the laboratory and pilot-scale studies permitted the development of a mass balance model, which was calibrated with experimental data. Additionally, a technical and economical evaluation study was performed, which showed that the process proposed in this work is viable for industrial application. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageUnknown
Pages (from-to)35-44
JournalSeparation and Purification Technology
Volume66
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009

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Crespo, João Paulo Serejo Goulão ; DQ Group Author. / Sustainable membrane-based process for valorisation of cork boiling wastewaters. In: Separation and Purification Technology. 2009 ; Vol. 66, No. 1. pp. 35-44.
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Crespo, JPSG & DQ Group Author 2009, 'Sustainable membrane-based process for valorisation of cork boiling wastewaters', Separation and Purification Technology, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 35-44.

Sustainable membrane-based process for valorisation of cork boiling wastewaters. / Crespo, João Paulo Serejo Goulão; DQ Group Author.

In: Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 66, No. 1, 01.01.2009, p. 35-44.

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Crespo JPSG, DQ Group Author. Sustainable membrane-based process for valorisation of cork boiling wastewaters. Separation and Purification Technology. 2009 Jan 1;66(1):35-44.