In this paper the applicability of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration for the treatment of rinsing water in a liquid detergent plant has been investigated. Suitable membranes have been found in a membrane screening with flat sheet material, pilot experiments with industrial spiral wound modules under realistic conditions have shown the membranes' potential for reducing the COD load in the wastewater by up to 96%. Finally an optimum membrane plant structure has been derived by mixed integer nonlinear programming optimisation based on the experimental results. The membrane plant has been integrated into a model of the water network according to the concept for retrofit optimization of water networks strategy.
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