Ceramic Membranes in Removing Boron from Processed Geothermal Waters

Bilgehan Ilker Harman; Hasan Koseoglu; Nevzat Ozgu Yigit; Nalan Kabay; Asuman Akyuz; Mehmet Kitis

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Ceramic Membranes in Removing Boron from Processed Geothermal Waters

Bilgehan Ilker Harman, Hasan Koseoglu, Nevzat Ozgu Yigit, Nalan Kabay, Asuman Akyuz, Mehmet Kitis

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 20 September 2014 Accepted: 6 October 2014 Published: 20 October 2014

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The main objective of this work was to investigate the removal of boron from processed geothermal waters (i.e., after energy production) in lab-scale tests using ceramic ultrafiltration membranes. The impacts of membrane operating pressure, feed water pH and temperature and membrane pore size on boron rejections were determined. Three different single-channel tubular ceramic membrane modules with average pore sizes of 4 nm, 10 nm and 1 kD were tested. Fine-UF ceramic membrane with 4 nm pore size provided higher boron and salt rejections than the other two tested membranes. Increasing pH from 8.8 to 10.5 did not enhance boron rejections. Operating pressure around 8 bar was found to be optimum in terms of flux values and boron and salt rejections for the 4 nm pore-sized membrane. The results indicated that ceramic ultrafiltration membranes can only partially (around 25-30%) remove boron from geothermal waters. Once much lower pore-sized nanofiltration or brackish water reverse osmosis type ceramic membranes are available, they may be used for the desalination of processed geothermal waters since ceramic membranes are resistant to extreme conditions. Ceramic fine-UF membranes can also be used as a pre-treatment stage prior to polymeric brackish water reverse osmosis processes in desalination of geothermal waters.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20140205.18
Page(s)	190-194
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Boron, Ceramic Membrane, Desalination, Geothermal Water, Reuse

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Bilgehan Ilker Harman; Hasan Koseoglu; Nevzat Ozgu Yigit; Nalan Kabay; Asuman Akyuz, et al. Ceramic Membranes in Removing Boron from Processed Geothermal Waters. Int. J. Environ. Prot. Policy 2014, 2(5), 190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20140205.18

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Bilgehan Ilker Harman, Hasan Koseoglu, Nevzat Ozgu Yigit, Nalan Kabay, Asuman Akyuz, et al. Ceramic Membranes in Removing Boron from Processed Geothermal Waters. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2014;2(5):190-194. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20140205.18

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Bilgehan Ilker Harman

Suleyman Demirel University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Isparta, Turkey
Hasan Koseoglu

Suleyman Demirel University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Isparta, Turkey
Nevzat Ozgu Yigit

Suleyman Demirel University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Isparta, Turkey
Nalan Kabay

Ege University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Izmir, Turkey
Asuman Akyuz

Suleyman Demirel University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Isparta, Turkey
Mehmet Kitis

Suleyman Demirel University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Isparta, Turkey

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T1  - Ceramic Membranes in Removing Boron from Processed Geothermal Waters
AU  - Bilgehan Ilker Harman
AU  - Hasan Koseoglu
AU  - Nevzat Ozgu Yigit
AU  - Nalan Kabay
AU  - Asuman Akyuz
AU  - Mehmet Kitis
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