"On the coupling of membrane transport to hydrodynamics and bulk mass transfer in reverse osmosis: numerical modeling and experimental studies" (thèse 2011 - 2014 + ATER)
Activités
Procédés de séparation membranaire: osmose inverse, nanofiltration
Mécanique des fluides, transfert de matière
Modélisation numérique
Études expérimentales et en échelle pilote
Publications scientifiques au M2P2
2018
Gustavo Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon, Pierre Haldenwang. Effects of solute permeability on permeation and solute rejection in membrane filtration. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2018, 41 (4), pp.788-797. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201700203⟩. ⟨hal-01681108⟩ Plus de détails...
Membrane solute permeability plays a role in the buildup of concentration polarization in pressure-driven crossflow filtration processes, and thus in the determination of the permeate flux, solute rejection, retentate flux and concentration. We numerically examine reverse-osmosis desalination with membranes of fixed solvent permeability, but of variable selectivity with respect to the solute. The study highlights an intricate coupling between retentate and filtrate properties. In particular, it reveals that, for given values of solute permeability and feed concentration, there is a maximum operating pressure that optimizes solute rejection regardless of the feed salinity. The conditions leading to this and to other peculiar behaviors for permeation fluxes and concentrations are identified.
Gustavo Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon, Pierre Haldenwang. Effects of solute permeability on permeation and solute rejection in membrane filtration. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2018, 41 (4), pp.788-797. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201700203⟩. ⟨hal-01681108⟩
Gustavo H. Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon. How can osmosis and solute diffusion be coupled for the simultaneous measurement of the solvent and solute permeabilities of membranes?. Desalination, 2016, 387 (1), pp.61-74. ⟨10.1016/j.desal.2016.03.006⟩. ⟨hal-01290973⟩ Plus de détails...
A novel experimental method and its associated model are proposed for the simultaneous determination of membrane solute and solvent permeabilities, which are essential transport parameters of reverse osmosis models used for process simulation. The method utilizes a single bench-scale batch apparatus consisting of two stirred half-cells containing solutions of different concentrations separated by a membrane across which coupled non-steady-state solute diffusion and solvent osmosis take place countercurrently in the absence of transmembrane pressure difference. Results are presented from days-long determinations of the water and sodium chloride permeabilities of Filmtec BW30 and NF270 membrane samples for initial transmembrane salt concentration differences ranging from 1 g L-1 to 35 g L-1. When used as input parameters for the simulation of pilot reverse osmosis desalination tests, the osmotic-diffusive salt permeabilities approximated the experimental rejection rates.
Gustavo H. Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon. How can osmosis and solute diffusion be coupled for the simultaneous measurement of the solvent and solute permeabilities of membranes?. Desalination, 2016, 387 (1), pp.61-74. ⟨10.1016/j.desal.2016.03.006⟩. ⟨hal-01290973⟩
Gustavo Henndel . Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon, Pierre Haldenwang. Predicting Permeate Fluxes and Rejection Rates in Reverse Osmosis and Tight-Nanofiltration Processes. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2015, 38 (4), pp.585-594. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201400654⟩. ⟨hal-01135689⟩ Plus de détails...
The performance of reverse osmosis and tight nanofiltration with flat-sheet membranes can be predicted accurately. The proposed numerical model solves the local momentum and mass conservation equations in the module's feed channel with solution-diffusion boundary conditions. Both qualitative and quantitative predictions of the permeate flux and of the rejection rate are obtained with an accuracy depending on the limitations of the solution-diffusion model for describing membrane mass transport and on the value of solute permeability. As an extension of the applications to plate-and-frame modules, the ability to describe the performance of processes carried out with spiral-wound modules is also tested with own desalination experiments and with data from the literature.
Gustavo Henndel . Lopes, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierrette Guichardon, Pierre Haldenwang. Predicting Permeate Fluxes and Rejection Rates in Reverse Osmosis and Tight-Nanofiltration Processes. Chemical Engineering and Technology, 2015, 38 (4), pp.585-594. ⟨10.1002/ceat.201400654⟩. ⟨hal-01135689⟩
Gustavo Henndel Lopes, Pierrette Guichardon, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierre Haldenwang. L’eau, ressource rare ? Gros plan sur le procédé de dessalement par membranes d’osmose inverse. L'Actualité Chimique, 2014, N° thématique: La chimie et la ville de demain Colloque Recherche de la Fédération Gay-Lussac, Paris, 4-6 décembre 2013, 390, pp.85-87. ⟨hal-01116186⟩ Plus de détails...
Le procédé d’osmose inverse s’impose aujourd'hui dans la production d’eau douce par dessalement. Des avancées en matière de prédiction des performances de ce procédé s’avèrent précieuses dans l’optimisation rapide et peu coûteuse des conditions de fonctionnement. L’interaction entre les propriétés de la membrane et les phénomènes prépondérants (polarisation de concentration, pression osmotique...) constitue un problème scientifiquement complexe, traité dans cette étude via une approche modélisation numérique-simulation-expérimentation, une question centrale pour le génie des procédés.
Gustavo Henndel Lopes, Pierrette Guichardon, Nelson Ibaseta, Pierre Haldenwang. L’eau, ressource rare ? Gros plan sur le procédé de dessalement par membranes d’osmose inverse. L'Actualité Chimique, 2014, N° thématique: La chimie et la ville de demain Colloque Recherche de la Fédération Gay-Lussac, Paris, 4-6 décembre 2013, 390, pp.85-87. ⟨hal-01116186⟩
