TY - JOUR
T1 - Antifouling efficiency and high-flux ultrafiltration membrane comprising sulfonated poly (ether sulfone) and TNTs-g-PSPA nanofiller
AU - Alruwaili, Saleh F.
AU - Alsohaimi, Ibrahim H.
AU - El-Sayed, Mohamed Y.
AU - Hassan, Hassan M.A.
AU - Aldawsari, Abdullah M.
AU - Alshahrani, Ahmed A.
AU - Alraddadi, Thamer S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Background: Climate change, population growth, water pollution, and mismanagement of water resources all contribute to freshwater depletion. To cleanse dirty water, efficient and long-lasting technology is required. Membrane technologies are being developed to provide a cost- effective and efficient water treatment option to meet the ever-increasing demand for high quality- water. Methods: A facile method was performed to develop outstanding hydrophilicity, fouling resistance, high rejection rate and water flux ultrafiltration (UF) membrane. The membranes were made using a non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) approach by combination of sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) and Titania nanotubes (TNTs) modified with sulfopropyl methacrylate (TNTs-g-PSPA) as a nanofiller. The fouling resistance of the fabricated membranes was explored using various foulants, comprising humic acid (HA), sodium alginate (SA), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and natural organic matter (NOM) solution. Significant findings: The results revealed that the membranes surface charge concentration, porosity, and textural properties were improved. The hybrid membrane's pure water flux containing 5 wt% TNTs-g-PSPA hybrid was 402 L m−2 h−1, around 2-fold that of the pristine membrane. The fashioned membrane with 4 wt% TNTs-g-PSPA removed greater than 98% of NOM, without a rejection rate loss.
AB - Background: Climate change, population growth, water pollution, and mismanagement of water resources all contribute to freshwater depletion. To cleanse dirty water, efficient and long-lasting technology is required. Membrane technologies are being developed to provide a cost- effective and efficient water treatment option to meet the ever-increasing demand for high quality- water. Methods: A facile method was performed to develop outstanding hydrophilicity, fouling resistance, high rejection rate and water flux ultrafiltration (UF) membrane. The membranes were made using a non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) approach by combination of sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES) and Titania nanotubes (TNTs) modified with sulfopropyl methacrylate (TNTs-g-PSPA) as a nanofiller. The fouling resistance of the fabricated membranes was explored using various foulants, comprising humic acid (HA), sodium alginate (SA), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and natural organic matter (NOM) solution. Significant findings: The results revealed that the membranes surface charge concentration, porosity, and textural properties were improved. The hybrid membrane's pure water flux containing 5 wt% TNTs-g-PSPA hybrid was 402 L m−2 h−1, around 2-fold that of the pristine membrane. The fashioned membrane with 4 wt% TNTs-g-PSPA removed greater than 98% of NOM, without a rejection rate loss.
KW - Antifouling
KW - NOM foulant
KW - SPES
KW - Titania nanotube
KW - Ultra filtration membrane
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115961958&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.09.022
DO - 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.09.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115961958
SN - 1876-1070
VL - 129
SP - 350
EP - 360
JO - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
JF - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
ER -
