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Ghodsi A, Fashandi H. Influence of photothermal nanomaterials localization within the electrospun membrane structure on purification of saline oily wastewater based on photothermal vacuum membrane distillation. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 366:121866. [PMID: 39018852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Today, synergistic combination of special nanomaterials (NMs) and electrospinning technique has emerged as a promising strategy to address both water scarcity and energy concerns through the development of photothermal membranes for wastewater purification and desalination. This work was organized to provide a new perspective on membrane design for photothermal vacuum membrane distillation (PVMD) through optimizing membrane performance by varying the localization of photothermal NMs. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) omniphobic photothermal membranes were prepared by localizing graphene oxide nanosheets (GO NSh) (1) on the surface (0.2 wt%), (2) within the nanofibers structure (10 wt%) or (3) in both positions. Considering the case 1, after 7 min exposure to the 1 sun intensity light, the highest temperature (∼93.5 °C) was recorded, which is assigned to the accessibility of GO NSh upon light exposure. The case 3 yielded to a small reduction in surface temperature (∼90.4 °C) compared to the case 1, indicating no need to localize NMs within the nanofibers structure when they are localized on the surface. The other extreme belonged to the case 2 with the lowest temperature of ∼71.3 °C, which is consistent with the less accessibility of GO NSh during irradiation. It was demonstrated that the accessibility of photothermal NMs plays more pronounced role in the membrane surface temperature compared to the light trapping. However, benefiting from higher surface temperature during PVMD due to enhanced accessibility of photothermal NMs is balanced out by decrease in the permeate flux (case 1: 1.51 kg/m2 h and case 2: 1.83 kg/m2 h) due to blocking some membrane surface pores by the binder. A trend similar to that for flux was also followed by the efficiency. Additionally, no change in rejection was observed for different GO NSh localizations.
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- Ali Ghodsi
- Department of Textile Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran.
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- Department of Textile Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111, Iran.
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Hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets incorporated photocatalytic polyvinylidene fluoride mixed matrix membranes for textile wastewater treatment via vacuum-assisted distillation. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zhang T, Zhang LZ. A self-healing PVDF-ZnO/MXene membrane with universal fouling resistance for real seawater desalination. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 216:118349. [PMID: 35349921 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Seawater desalination is regarded as a possible way to overcome current shortages of fresh water, and membrane-based air humidification-dehumidification desalination (MHDD) represents a promising technique owing to its high-quality freshwater and cost-effectiveness; however, its development is restricted by membrane fouling. While a superhydrophobic membrane provides resistance to hydrophilic fouling, it remains susceptible to hydrophobic fouling. Here, a polyvinylidene fluoride-ZnO/MXene (PVDF-ZM) membrane, with a reversible conversion between superhydrophobicity and hydrophilicity was fabricated to achieve universal fouling resistance. It earned a competitive permeate flux (3.93 kg·m-2·h-1) and an excellent salt rejection (>99.5%). The membrane exhibited a strong anti-hydrophilic fouling ability, benefiting from its superhydrophobicity and rough surface. The adsorbed hydrophobic contaminants could desorb from the membrane surface under UV irradiation when transforming the surface wettability into hydrophilicity, exhibiting an anti-hydrophobic fouling ability. Subsequently, the membrane surface returned to the hydrophobic state under dark conditions. The membrane recovered 90% of the original permeation flux, while maintaining a salt rejection of >99.5%, thus realizing membrane self-healing. The PVDF-ZM membrane holds promise for sustainable desalination applications.
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- Tao Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Key Laboratory of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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Lin JL, Fitria FL, Wang YF, You SJ. Optimization of operational parameters in air-gap membrane distillation using central composite design applied in recovery of dye manufacturing wastewaters. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2022.2075390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Jeng-Lung Lin
- Department of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Center for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Center for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Center for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Center for Environmental Risk Management, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Ibrahim SS, Alsalhy QF. How far can membrane characteristic parameters bestow at the vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) performance: Modeling and simulation. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2021.1973498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Salah S. Ibrahim
- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
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Experimental study and numerical optimization for removal of methyl orange using polytetrafluoroethylene membranes in vacuum membrane distillation process. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.128070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Novel ceramic hollow fibre membranes contactor derived from kaolin and zirconia for ammonia removal and recovery from synthetic ammonia. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles as an Effective Antibiofouling Material for Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Ultrafiltration Membrane. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13213683. [PMID: 34771241 PMCID: PMC8588217 DOI: 10.3390/polym13213683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were successfully synthesized using the aqueous extract of the Paronychia argentea Lam (P. argentea) wild plant. The results showed that the conversion of Ag+ to Ag0 nanoparticles ratio reached 96.5% as determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), with a negative zeta potential (ζ) of −21.3 ± 7.68 mV of AgNPs expected to improve the stability of synthesized AgNPs. AgNP antibacterial activity has been examined against Streptococcus aureus (S. aureus) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. The minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) was 4.9 µL/mL for both E. coli and S. aureus bacteria, while the minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBC) were 19.9 µL/mL and 4.9 µL/mL for S. aureus and E. coli, respectively. The synthesized AgNPs were incorporated in ultrafiltration polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) membranes and showed remarkable antibiofouling behavior against both bacterial strains. The membranes were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The contact angle and porosity of the membrane were also determined. The efficiency of the membranes regarding rejection rate was assessed using bovine serum albumin (BSA). It was found in the flux experiments that membranes BSA rejection was 99.4% and 98.7% with and without AgNPs, respectively.
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Kim H, Yun T, Hong S, Lee S. Experimental and theoretical investigation of a high performance PTFE membrane for vacuum-membrane distillation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mat Radzi NH, Ahmad AL. Effect of ZnO nanoparticles loading in double‐layer polyvinylidene fluoride membrane for desalination via direct contact membrane distillation. ASIA-PAC J CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/apj.2552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- School of Chemical Engineering Universiti Sains Malaysia Nibong Tebal Penang 14300 Malaysia
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Membrane distillation: Progress in the improvement of dedicated membranes for enhanced hydrophobicity and desalination performance. J IND ENG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Murugesan V, Rana D, Matsuura T, Lan CQ. Optimization of nanocomposite membrane for vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) using static and continuous flow cells: Effect of nanoparticles and film thickness. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Baskoro F, Rajesh Kumar S, Jessie Lue S. Grafting Thin Layered Graphene Oxide onto the Surface of Nonwoven/PVDF-PAA Composite Membrane for Efficient Dye and Macromolecule Separations. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E792. [PMID: 32326053 PMCID: PMC7221563 DOI: 10.3390/nano10040792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study investigates the permeance and rejection efficiencies of different dyes (Rhodamine B and methyl orange), folic acid and a protein (bovine serum albumin) using graphene oxide composite membrane. The ultrathin separation layer of graphene oxide (thickness of 380 nm) was successfully deposited onto porous polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid intermediate layer on nonwoven support layer using vacuum filtration. The graphene oxide addition in the composite membrane caused an increased hydrophilicity and negative surface charge than those of the membrane without graphene oxide. In the filtration process using a graphene oxide composite membrane, the permeance values of pure water, dyes, folic acid and bovine serum albumin molecules were more severely decreased (by two orders of magnitude) than those of the nonwoven/polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid composite membrane. However, the rejection efficiency of the graphene oxide composite was significantly improved in cationic Rhodamine B (from 9% to 80.3%) and anionic methyl orange (from 28.3% to 86.6%) feed solutions. The folic acid and bovine serum albumin were nearly completely rejected from solutions using either nonwoven/polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid or nonwoven/polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid/graphene oxide composite membrane, but the latter possessed anti-fouling property against the protein molecules. The separation mechanism in nonwoven/polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid membrane includes the Donnan exclusion effect (for smaller-than-pore-size solutes) and sieving mechanism (for larger solutes). The sieving mechanism governs the filtration behavior in the nonwoven/polyvinylidene fluoride-polyacrylic acid/graphene oxide composite membrane.
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- Febri Baskoro
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan; (F.B.); (S.R.K.)
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan; (F.B.); (S.R.K.)
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Guishan District, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan; (F.B.); (S.R.K.)
- Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan District, New Taipei City 243, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Anle District, Keelung City 204, Taiwan
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Liu X, Yuan H, Wang C, Zhang S, Zhang L, Liu X, Liu F, Zhu X, Rohani S, Ching C, Lu J. A novel PVDF/PFSA-g-GO ultrafiltration membrane with enhanced permeation and antifouling performances. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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