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ArticleMembranes2022

A Comparison between Various Polymeric Membranes for Oily Wastewater Treatment via Membrane Distillation Process.

Dharshini Mohanadas, Puteri Mimie Isma Nordin, Rosiah Rohani, Nur Syafiqah Farhanah Dzulkharnien, Abdul Wahab Mohammad, Peer Mohamed Abdul, Suriani Abu Bakar

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Article in Membranes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dharshini MohanadasDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Puteri Mimie Isma NordinDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Rosiah RohaniDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-4391-4043
Nur Syafiqah Farhanah DzulkharnienDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.
Abdul Wahab MohammadDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9253-8283
Peer Mohamed AbdulDepartment of Chemical & Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0929-2869
Suriani Abu BakarNanotechnology Research Centre, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim 35900, Perak, Malaysia.
National University of Malaysia · MYSultan Idris Education University · MYUniversity of Sharjah · AE

Funding

Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FRGS/1/2018/TK02/UKM/02/2Geran Universiti Penyelidikan GUP/2021/027Modal Insan Penyelidikan RGA1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oily wastewater (OW) is detrimental towards the environment and human health. The complex composition of OW needs an advanced treatment, such as membrane technology. Membrane distillation (MD) gives the highest rejection percentage of pollutants in wastewater, as the membrane only allows the vapor to pass its microporous membrane. However, the commercial membranes on the market are less efficient in treating OW, as they are prone to fouling. Thus, the best membrane must be identified to treat OW effectively. This study tested and compared the separation performance of different membranes, comparing the pressure-driven performance between the membrane filtration and MD. In this study, several ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes (NFS, NFX, XT, MT, GC and FILMTEC) were tested for their performance in treating OW (100 ppm). The XT and MT membranes (UF membrane) with contact angles of 70.4 ± 0.2° and 69.6 ± 0.26°, respectively, showed the best performance with high flux and oil removal rate. The two membranes were then tested for long-term performance for two hours with 5000 ppm oil concentration using membrane pressure-filtration and MD. The XT membrane displayed a better oil removal percentage of >99%. MD demonstrated a better removal percentage; the flux reduction was high, with average flux reduction of 82% compared to the membrane pressure-filtration method, which experienced a lower flux reduction of 25%. The hydrophilic MT and XT membranes have the tendency to overcome fouling in both methods. However, for the MD method, wetting occurred due to the feed penetrating the membrane pores, causing flux reduction. Therefore, it is important to identify the performance and characteristics of the prepared membrane, including the best membrane treatment method. To ensure that the MD membrane has good anti-fouling and anti-wetting properties, a simple and reliable membrane surface modification technique is required to be explored. The modified dual layer membrane with hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties is expected to produce effective separation in MD for future study.

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commercial membranemembrane distillationoily wastewaterpressure-driven membrane filtration

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PMID36676853
PMCPMC9864798
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