Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses
Technical and economic criteria were used to evaluate the feasibility of the treatment of an industrial effluent (10 m<sup>3</sup>/h) for water recovery and reuse. The treatment evaluation included the following: (1) effluent characteristic determination; (2) selection and evaluation of...
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| description | Technical and economic criteria were used to evaluate the feasibility of the treatment of an industrial effluent (10 m<sup>3</sup>/h) for water recovery and reuse. The treatment evaluation included the following: (1) effluent characteristic determination; (2) selection and evaluation of the effluent treatment at lab scale, establishing operating conditions and process efficiency; (3) scaling up the treatment process to the industrial level; (4) treatment plant design and commercial availability analysis of the required equipment; and (5) the costs of the inversion and operation of the plant treatment, cost/m<sup>3</sup> for water recovery, and time of investment recovery. The physicochemical characteristics of the effluent exposed the polluted wastewater with sodium chloride salts and colourants, predominating a mixture of tartrazine, Red 40, and brilliant blue from the synthesis of food additives. Other contributions of organic compounds and salts could be in minor content. According to the effluent conditions, a coupled process, integrated with ozonation and reverse osmosis, was indicated to be a treatment for water recovery. Scaling up the plant treatment design resulted in 130 m<sup>2</sup> of area, producing 7.7 m<sup>3</sup>/h of clean water. The cost of the effluent treatment was 1.4 USD/m<sup>3</sup>, with an inversion return of 3.4 years and cost investment of USD 860,407. The treatment process resulted a viable project for water recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d0e5ac52188548679232f03c5182d5502025-01-24T13:41:05ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752025-01-011513310.3390/membranes15010033Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic AnalysesIvette Montero-Guadarrama0Claudia Muro Urista1Gabriela Roa-Morales2Edith Erialia Gutiérrez Segura3Vianney Díaz-Blancas4Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia5Jesús Álvarez-Sánchez6Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Col. Agrícola Bellavista, Metepec C.P. 52149, Estado de México, MexicoTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Col. Agrícola Bellavista, Metepec C.P. 52149, Estado de México, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable CCIQS UAEM-UNAM, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMex), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, Km 14.5, Toluca C.P. 50200, Estado de México, MexicoCentro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable CCIQS UAEM-UNAM, Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEMex), Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco, Km 14.5, Toluca C.P. 50200, Estado de México, MexicoTecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca, Av. Tecnológico S/N, Col. Agrícola Bellavista, Metepec C.P. 52149, Estado de México, MexicoDepartamento de Ciencias del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, 5 de Febrero 818 sur Col. Centro, Cd. Obregón C.P. 85000, Sonora, MexicoDepartamento de Ciencias del Agua y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, 5 de Febrero 818 sur Col. Centro, Cd. Obregón C.P. 85000, Sonora, MexicoTechnical and economic criteria were used to evaluate the feasibility of the treatment of an industrial effluent (10 m<sup>3</sup>/h) for water recovery and reuse. The treatment evaluation included the following: (1) effluent characteristic determination; (2) selection and evaluation of the effluent treatment at lab scale, establishing operating conditions and process efficiency; (3) scaling up the treatment process to the industrial level; (4) treatment plant design and commercial availability analysis of the required equipment; and (5) the costs of the inversion and operation of the plant treatment, cost/m<sup>3</sup> for water recovery, and time of investment recovery. The physicochemical characteristics of the effluent exposed the polluted wastewater with sodium chloride salts and colourants, predominating a mixture of tartrazine, Red 40, and brilliant blue from the synthesis of food additives. Other contributions of organic compounds and salts could be in minor content. According to the effluent conditions, a coupled process, integrated with ozonation and reverse osmosis, was indicated to be a treatment for water recovery. Scaling up the plant treatment design resulted in 130 m<sup>2</sup> of area, producing 7.7 m<sup>3</sup>/h of clean water. The cost of the effluent treatment was 1.4 USD/m<sup>3</sup>, with an inversion return of 3.4 years and cost investment of USD 860,407. The treatment process resulted a viable project for water recovery.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/15/1/33ozonationactivated carbon catalytic ozonationreverse osmosistechnical feasibilityeconomic feasibility |
| spellingShingle | Ivette Montero-Guadarrama Claudia Muro Urista Gabriela Roa-Morales Edith Erialia Gutiérrez Segura Vianney Díaz-Blancas Germán Eduardo Dévora-Isiordia Jesús Álvarez-Sánchez Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses Membranes ozonation activated carbon catalytic ozonation reverse osmosis technical feasibility economic feasibility |
| title | Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses |
| title_full | Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses |
| title_fullStr | Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses |
| title_short | Reverse Osmosis Coupled with Ozonation for Clean Water Recovery from an Industrial Effluent: Technical and Economic Analyses |
| title_sort | reverse osmosis coupled with ozonation for clean water recovery from an industrial effluent technical and economic analyses |
| topic | ozonation activated carbon catalytic ozonation reverse osmosis technical feasibility economic feasibility |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/15/1/33 |
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