Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection
The recent growth of oil and gas industry has led to the increase of oily wastewater release. Membrane technology has been in the spotlight in recent advancement to treat the oily wastewater. Fouling due to surfactant adsorption and/or oil droplets plugging the pore has become one of the major hindr...
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| author | Ikhsan, S. N. W. Abdullah, N. Yusof, N. Aziz, F. Misdan, N. Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati |
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| description | The recent growth of oil and gas industry has led to the increase of oily wastewater release. Membrane technology has been in the spotlight in recent advancement to treat the oily wastewater. Fouling due to surfactant adsorption and/or oil droplets plugging the pore has become one of the major hindrances in most of the research on oily wastewater treatment. In this work, self-synthesized hydrous ferric dioxide nanoparticles (HFO NPs) via chemical precipitation method were incorporated in polyethersulfone (PES) to fabricate a novel nanocomposite mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for ultrafiltration (UF). The morphologies and physicochemical properties of prepared HFO NPs and MMMs were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission electron microscope (TEM), contact angle goniometer, before further subjected to water permeation test and oil rejection test. It was found that contact angle of membrane decreased remarkably with an increase in HFO nanoparticle loading from 70° to 38° at which proved its improved hydrophilicity which led to a significant rise in permeate flux, achieving 168.06 L/m2h bar in comparison to 63.67 L/m2h bar shown by the plain PES membrane. Total rejection of oil (100% rejection) demonstrated by the MMMs has confirmed the superior potential of PES/HFO UF membrane for total purification of oily wastewater especially to be reused in oilfield and refinery processes as well as to be released to the environment. |
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| spelling | uthm-33612021-11-16T08:44:49Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3361/ Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection Ikhsan, S. N. W. Abdullah, N. Yusof, N. Aziz, F. Misdan, N. Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion The recent growth of oil and gas industry has led to the increase of oily wastewater release. Membrane technology has been in the spotlight in recent advancement to treat the oily wastewater. Fouling due to surfactant adsorption and/or oil droplets plugging the pore has become one of the major hindrances in most of the research on oily wastewater treatment. In this work, self-synthesized hydrous ferric dioxide nanoparticles (HFO NPs) via chemical precipitation method were incorporated in polyethersulfone (PES) to fabricate a novel nanocomposite mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) for ultrafiltration (UF). The morphologies and physicochemical properties of prepared HFO NPs and MMMs were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission electron microscope (TEM), contact angle goniometer, before further subjected to water permeation test and oil rejection test. It was found that contact angle of membrane decreased remarkably with an increase in HFO nanoparticle loading from 70° to 38° at which proved its improved hydrophilicity which led to a significant rise in permeate flux, achieving 168.06 L/m2h bar in comparison to 63.67 L/m2h bar shown by the plain PES membrane. Total rejection of oil (100% rejection) demonstrated by the MMMs has confirmed the superior potential of PES/HFO UF membrane for total purification of oily wastewater especially to be reused in oilfield and refinery processes as well as to be released to the environment. Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press 2017 Article PeerReviewed Ikhsan, S. N. W. and Abdullah, N. and Yusof, N. and Aziz, F. and Misdan, N. and Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati (2017) Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection. Applied Membrane Science & Technology (AMST), 20 (1). pp. 11-17. ISSN 1823-366X https://doi.org/10.11113/amst.v20i1.24 |
| spellingShingle | TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion Ikhsan, S. N. W. Abdullah, N. Yusof, N. Aziz, F. Misdan, N. Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title | Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title_full | Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title_fullStr | Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title_short | Polyethersulfone/HFO mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| title_sort | polyethersulfone/hfo mixed matrix membrane for enhanced oily wastewater rejection |
| topic | TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion |
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