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Influence of Silane Treatment on CNM/PAC/PVDF Properties and Performance for Water Desalination by VMD.

Samraa R Khaleel, Salah S Ibrahim, Alessandra Criscuoli, Alberto Figoli, Dahiru U Lawal, Qusay F Alsalhy

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Samraa R KhaleelMembrane Technology Research Unit, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Alsinaa Street 52, Baghdad 10066, Iraq.ORCID 0009-0005-6096-3049
Salah S IbrahimMembrane Technology Research Unit, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Alsinaa Street 52, Baghdad 10066, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0003-1569-292X
Alessandra CriscuoliInstitute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM), Via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-657X
Alberto FigoliInstitute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM), Via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3347-0506
Dahiru U LawalInterdisciplinary Research Center for Membrane and Water Security, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2185-6575
Qusay F AlsalhyMembrane Technology Research Unit, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology-Iraq, Alsinaa Street 52, Baghdad 10066, Iraq.ORCID 0000-0002-0495-1300

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Abstract

Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) is a promising process for water desalination. However, it suffers some obstacles, such as fouling and wetting, due to the inadequate hydrophobicity of the membrane and high vacuum pressure on the permeate side. Therefore, improving surface hydrophobicity and roughness is important. In this study, the effect of 1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane (PFTES) on the morphology and performance of CNM/PAC/PVDF membranes at various concentrations was investigated for the first time. Membrane characteristics such as FTIR, XRD, FE-SEM, EDX, contact angle, and hydrophobicity before and after modification were analyzed and tested using VMD for water desalination. The results showed that the membrane coated with 1 wt.% PFTES had a higher permeate flux and lower rejection than the membranes coated with the 2 wt.% PFTES. The 2 wt.% PFTES enhanced the contact angle to 117° and increased the salt rejection above 99.9%, with the permeate flux set to 23.2 L/m

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carbon nanomaterialscoating layerdesalinationmembranePFTESvacuum membrane distillation

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PMID40277974
PMCPMC12028725

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