Efficiency of an Ultrafiltration Process for the Depollution of Pretreated Olive Mill Wastewater

The depollution of constructed wetland-pretreated olive mill wastewater (OMW) using a membrane filtration system was experimentally studied. Dead-end filtration (DEF) was employed to evaluate suitable MF/UF membranes and select the appropriate molecular weight cut-off for optimal OMW treatment. Removal efficiencies for COD (chemical oxygen demand) and TOC (total organic carbon) using DEF reached maximum values of 88.14% and 11.17%, respectively. Adsorption of raw and pretreated OMW on granular activated carbon was also carried out for a comparative study against DEF and pretreatment. The semi-industrial-scale experiments were conducted using commercial ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes (150 and 50 kDa) in cross-flow filtration (CFF) mode at a permeate flux around 200 L h−1 m−2 and a trans-membrane pressure (TMP) of 3.5–3.8 bars. This post-treatment had a significant impact on COD removal efficiency from pretreated OMW, reaching 78.5%. The coupled process proposed in this study achieved removal efficiencies of 97%, 97%, and 99.9% of COD, TOC, and turbidity, respectively.

Mohammed Zine, Noureddine Touach, El Mostapha Lotfi, Philippe Moulin. Efficiency of an Ultrafiltration Process for the Depollution of Pretreated Olive Mill Wastewater. Membranes, 2025, 15 (3), pp.67. ⟨10.3390/membranes15030067⟩. ⟨hal-04961886⟩

Journal: Membranes

Date de publication: 20-02-2025

Auteurs:
  • Mohammed Zine
  • Noureddine Touach
  • El Mostapha Lotfi
  • Philippe Moulin

Digital object identifier (doi): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes15030067

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