Microfiltration (MF) coupled with pretreatment by coagulation was adopted in the treatment of chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) wastewater from IC manufacturing plants, containing high concentrations of silica. Poly-aluminium chloride (PACl) was the coagulant, while the cationic polyacrylamide (PAA) was the flocculant aid. Preliminary tests were performed with the raw CMP wastewater in order to determine the optimal coagulation condition for subsequent microfiltration. Analysis of the particle size distribution shows that nearly all silica particles were enlarged from nano scale to at least 4 μm in diameter after the pre-treatment. The pre-treated wastewater was then filtered through a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane with a pore size 0.5 μm at a constant vacuum pressure. Trace amounts of PAA in addition to the PACl coagulation can effectively increases the permeate flux.
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December 01 2004
Nano silica removal from IC wastewater by pre-coagulation and microfiltration
C. Huang;
1Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Chinese Taiwan
E-mail: cphuang@mail.nctu.edu.tw
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W. Jiang;
W. Jiang
1Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Chinese Taiwan
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C. Chen
C. Chen
1Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Chinese Taiwan
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Water Sci Technol (2004) 50 (12): 133–138.
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C. Huang, W. Jiang, C. Chen; Nano silica removal from IC wastewater by pre-coagulation and microfiltration. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2004; 50 (12): 133–138. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2004.0705
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