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Attend this 4-day hands-on course to explore the fundamentals of membrane processes and membrane process modeling software. You will start this course by proposing a treatment process to remove contaminants from a given wastewater containing mixtures of particles, metals, organics, and/or inorganics. Then, design and perform experiments testing your hypotheses in bench-scale systems and use the bench-scale data to calibrate process software.
After bench-scale system testing, you will conduct operation of pilot-scale systems to validate model predictions and learn the basics of membrane process intensification. With the results of the pilot-scale system and the models you’ll update your hypotheses, redesign the experiments and perform simulations for a newly proposed process intensification or modular chemical process intensification system and will determine contaminant removal efficiencies and the energy and cost efficiency of the processes. Lastly, you will perform economic and energy optimization of the proposed processes to establish practical viability.
In this course, you will:
1. Apply the operating principles of membrane processes (ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and membrane distillation) to water treatment and desalination processes.
2. Operate bench- and pilot-scale processes for water treatment
3. Apply modeling software to perform economic and energy optimization of membrane processes
4. Evaluate results from bench- and pilot-scale experiments
5. Design full-scale membrane systems for the treatment of waters of impaired quality
6. Comprehend the principles of process intensification in membrane distillation by performing experiments and modeling a full-scale system
Chemical engineering (and related disciplines) professionals and students interested in intensified mass transfer processes, hybrid processes, and modeling and simulation. Participants are expected to have fundamental knowledge of mass and heat transfer in chemical and environmental engineering processes. The focus area of the course is chemical and commodity processing of wastewater for recovery and reuse to reduce the water footprint of a process. The fundamental knowledge gained is applicable to other fluid separations.
Day One
7:30-8:00
Registration
8:00-9:00
Just in time intro
9:00-10:00
Intro: UF/RO Membrane processes and modeling review
10:00-11:15
Intro: Membrane distillation processes and modeling review
11:15-11:30
Team formation
11:30-12:30
Lunch
Each participant will experiment and model four membrane processes on a bench- and pilot-scale system in a rotation:
12:30-2:15
Experiments on bench- or pilot-scale system
2:15-4:00
Modeling of bench- or pilot-scale system
4:15-5:00
Wrap up
Day Two
8:00-9:45
Experiments on bench- or pilot-scale system
9:45-10:30
Experiments on bench-scale system
10:30-11:30
Modeling of bench- or pilot-scale system
11:30-12:30
Lunch
12:30-2:15
Experiments on bench- or pilot-scale system
2:15-4:00
Modeling of bench- or pilot-scale system
4:15-5:00
Wrap up
Day Three
8:00-9:45
Experiments on bench- or pilot-scale system
9:45-10:30
Experiments on bench-scale system
10:30-11:30
Modeling of bench- or pilot-scale system
11:30-12:30
Lunch
12:30-2:15
UF-RO discussion of results
2:15-4:00
Membrane distillation discussion of results
4:15-5:00
Wrap up
Day Four
8:00-10:30
Design problem and team presentations
10:30-12:00
Discussion of systems proposed and final thoughts
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