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ArticleScientific reports2024

Synthesis and characterization of an innovative sodium alginate/polyvinyl alcohol bioartificial hydrogel for forward-osmosis desalination.

Menatalla Ashraf Saad, Eman Radi Sadik, Basma Mohamed Eldakiky, Hanan Moustafa, Eman Fadl, Zhen He, Elsayed Zakaria Elashtoukhy, Randa Eslah Khalifa, Taghreed Mohamed Mohamed Zewail

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Menatalla Ashraf SaadChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt. mennat.ashraf@alexu.edu.eg.
Eman Radi SadikChemical Engineering Department, Borg Al Arab Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Alexandria, 21933, Egypt.
Basma Mohamed EldakikyChemical Engineering Department, Borg Al Arab Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology, Alexandria, 21933, Egypt.
Hanan MoustafaBiotechnology Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
Eman FadlMaterials Science Department, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt.
Zhen HeDepartment of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Elsayed Zakaria ElashtoukhyChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt.
Randa Eslah KhalifaPolymer Materials Department, Advanced Technologies and New Materials Research Institute (ATNMRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA City), P.O. Box: 21934, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt.
Taghreed Mohamed Mohamed ZewailChemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt.

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Abstract

Recently, hydrogels have been widely applied as draw agents in forward osmosis (FO) desalination. This work aims to synthesize bioartificial hydrogel from a blend of sodium alginate (SA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) using epichlorohydrin (ECH) as a crosslinker. Then this prepared hydrogel was applied as a draw agent with cellulose triacetate membrane in a batch (FO) cell. The effects of the PVA content in the polymer blend and the crosslinker dose on the hydrogel's swelling capacity were investigated to optimize the hydrogel's composition. Furthermore, the water flux and the reverse solute flux of the optimum SA/PVA hydrogel were evaluated in a batch (FO) unit under the effect of the hydrogel's particle size, feed solution (FS) temperature, FS concentration, and membrane orientation. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and compression strength tests were used to characterize the prepared hydrogel. Results revealed that the equilibrium swelling ratio (%) of 5228 was achieved with a hydrogel that had 25% PVA and a crosslinking ratio of 0.8. FO experiments revealed that the maximum water flux of 0.845 LMH achieved, when distilled water was used as FS, average hydrogel's particle size was 60 µm, and the FS temperature was 40 °C.

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Bioartificial hydrogelDesalinationDraw agentForward osmosis

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PMCPMC11002025

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