ABSTRACT
Micellar-enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) is an effective method for removing dissolved organic solutes from aqueous streams. An appropriate concentration of surfactant is added to a stream containing organic pollutants or target compounds, so that a large fraction of the surfactant exists in micellar form. When the resulting solution is passed through an ultrafilter having pore diameters smaller than the micelle diameter, most of the surfactant and the organic solute remain in micelles in the retentate solution. The permeate solution passing through the membrane is in many eases practically pure water.
