Ultrafiltration pilot plant experiments

Laboratory and pilot plant experiments carried out at INCT showed that reverse osmosis is very useful for the treatment of liquid low-level radioactive wastes from Polish nuclear laboratories. However, to reach high decontamination the process should be arranged as a multistage operation with microfiltration or ultrafiltration pretreatment [32,33]. 

Pabby AK. et al. Pilot plant experience of ultrafiltration membrane technology for removal of activity from fuel pond water in reprocessing plant at DAE Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry (NUCAR-2005), Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, March 15-18, 2005. 

If the pretreatment system selected for the SWRO plant is of membrane type, conventional bar screens do not provide adequate removal of source water particles to protect the integrity of the microfiltration/ultrafiltration (MF/UPO membranes. One of the key issues of using a MF/UF pretreatment is that the MF/UF membrane fibers can be punctured by sharp objects in the source water, such as broken shells. Pilot testing experience at... 

Viszlay, J. and Toth, S., Operational Experience with Pilot Ultrafiltration Plant, 1st Int. Seminar PWR Water Chemistry, Balatonfiired, Hungary, 1992. 

Panglisch, S. Holy, A. et al. 2005. Transferring pilot experiments into the planning of Germany s largest two-stage ultrafiltration plant. Desalination 179 225-235. 

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