Papers by Keyword: Membrane Technology

Abstract: Freshwater is essential in sustaining human life on the planet and the demand for potable water has increased for the past years due to population growth and modernization. However, the natural resources of water have become polluted/contaminated due to industrialization and other human activities. The development of membrane technology, especially with the creation of nanocomposite materials, provides a solution to treat polluted or contaminated water through various separation processes resulting in the production of clean water fit for human consumption. In this study, polysulfone was added with zeolite nanoparticles to fabricate nanocomposite membranes via non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method to enhance the hydrophilicity and mechanical strength of the membrane suitable for water and wastewater applications. The nanozeolite was added in varying concentrations; 1% 5% and 10% and the fabricated membranes were characterized via Contact Angle Goniometer, universal testing machine (UTM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to determine the contact angle, tensile strength, and surface morphology, respectively. Based on the characterization data, the 1% concentration showed the highest tensile strength and the lowest contact angle measurement. The 1% nanozeolite concentration is the optimum membrane formulation due to the enhanced hydrophilicity and mechanical strength of the material.

Abstract: Reducing the negative environmental impact and securing the efficient use of water resources are key factors in the mining-metallurgical industry. At the enterprises of non-ferrous metallurgy the residual waters contaminated by a substantial amount of ions of heavy metals, sulphates and other impurities are formed. A promising way of their deep treatment consists in membrane technologies. This paper presents the results of pilot testing of ultrafiltration, electrodialysis, reverse osmosis and ion exchange technologies for purification residual waters of metallurgical enterprise of the Middle Ural. The possibility of using these technologies to achieve the final result – obtaining treated water, that meets the standards for fishery water bodies, is presented. It is reasonable to use the resulting water for the technical needs of the enterprise, which will significantly reduce the fresh water consumption and the environmental load, providing the ecological and economic benefits.

Abstract: The case study of membrane technology applied in oily water treatment in petrochemical industry demonstrated that it is also technically feasible in ship oil-water separation in China. Based on the analysis of the membrane technological parameter selection, a practical ship oil-water separator has been designed, which consists of two-stage devices, a preliminary treatment device and a membrane filtration device for advanced treatment. The pore size and the hydrophilicity of the membrane should be decided by the influent oil content; the operating temperature could be the influent temperature; the TMP should be controlled at 0.1-0.2 MPa; the influent oil concentration and flux should be modified by the preliminary treatment device so they are appropriate for the membrane filtration device.

Abstract: Increasing human population increases the demand for fresh water supply. Membrane technology has been identified as one of the solutions to reduce water pollution due to industrial activities, especially the chemical industry. In order to promote this technology and shift from the traditional system, economic aspect is an important attraction. The total cost for owning, operating, using and post-using the technology will influence the industry to invest this technology in their workplace. Therefore, a life cycle costing (LCC) analysis should be performed to estimate the complete overall cost of the membrane system from cradle-to-grave. This paper aimed to review some economic analysis of the membrane system, previous LCC model and highlight the initial step in performing LCC analysis of hollow fibre membrane module, which is to identify all primary and secondary activities and all possible costs related to the module.

Abstract: In order to test the performance of the resulting membrane oxygenator, a model was constructed to simulate the inner and extracorporeal gas exchange of the human body. The oxygenation capacity of the membrane oxygenator was studied using fresh bovine blood with added anticoagulants as the test medium. The oxygenation performance of the prepared membrane was equal to that of the commercial membrane. After six hours of operation, the oxygen saturation (SaO2) was above 95%, and the partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) was over 13.5 kPa (100 mmHg). This model was constructed in accordance with the basic principles of extracorporeal circulation, and could be used to investigate the oxygenation performance of a membrane oxygenator, as well as to study the basic principles of extracorporeal circulation.

Abstract: In view of the water shortage, the increasingly severe regulations as well as the release thresholds, it is becoming increasingly necessary to reuse the textile effluents. This work concerned the treatment of textile plant effluent after conventional biological processing by membrane technology for water reuse. Desal5 DK nanofiltration (NF) membrane and BW30 reverse osmosis (RO) membrane were investigated in this study in terms of COD and color removal, salinity reduction as well as permeate flux through cross-flow permeation tests. The results showed that the Desal5 DK nanofiltration membrane exhibited higher stabilized water permeability and flux decline than the reverse osmosis membrane because of its higher porosity and tendency towards fouling. The BW30 reverse osmosis membrane reduced salinity to a great extent than the Desal5 DK nanofiltration membrane. While the nanofiltration membrane exhibited better COD removal efficiency compared to the RO membrane, possibly due to its sieving removal mechanism. The treated water with good enough quality could be recycled back into the process, thereby offering economical benefits by reducing the water consumption and wastewater treatment cost.

Abstract: Artificial lung also called as oxygenator which performs a function of exchanging O2 and removing CO2 from blood. Due to its good performance at the exchange area, oxygenation, etc, hollow fiber membranes have become the main research direction of artificial lung. Polypropylene (pp) hollow fiber membranes made by the melt-spinning and cold-stretching methods (MSCS) in this study. Through the research on the membrane manufacture process and technology optimization to prepare suitable membrane for artificially lung. The performance of membrane was affected by the melt-draw ratio and spinning temperature, annealing temperature, and the proportional relations of cold stretch with hot stretch. The results of the study show that improve melt-draw ratio, select the appropriate annealing conditions and the reasonable ratio of hot stretch with cold stretch can effectively increase the air flux of pp hollow fiber membrane.

Abstract: 2, 6-Deoxyfructosazine (1) was synthesized from glucose and ammonium formate and isolated from the reaction mixture by membrane technology. The compound was characterized by HRMS, ¹HNMR, and ¹³CNMR. Thermal analysis of the product showed that it began to decompose at 220 °C, and its weight loss was about 50 % at 320 °C. GC/MS analysis of the tobacco smoke showed that it decomposed to produce 2-methylpyrazine, 2, 6-dimethylpyrazine and 2-ethyl-6-methylpyrazine in the smoke upon smoking.