Selective Rejection of Dissolved Uranium Carbonate from Seawater Using Cross-Flow Filtration Technology

Abstract

:Cross-flow membrane filtration equipment was operated to evaluate the selective uranium carbonate rejection from seawater of different flat sheet membranes. The membranes were discriminating by the rejection of uranium, calcium, and sodium under geochemical conditions that mimic uranium in seawater. Then, operating parameters were optimized, and the selective rejection of dissolved uranium was checked on prefiltrated seawater. Concentration factors of 1.1 and 8.5 for sodium and uranium(Vl), respectively, were obtained for a nanofiltration volume ratio of 0.96.