Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment

Almost every manufacturing process is the major origin of wastewater with certain characteristic. Printing facility provides a wide range of waste component that is harmful to the environment and people. Those harmful waste component contains high concentration of heavy metals and dye. This paper pr...

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Main Authors: Cheah, D. W., Ramlee, Normarina, Desa, Amira Liyana, Misdan, Nurasyikin, Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati
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author Cheah, D. W.
Ramlee, Normarina
Desa, Amira Liyana
Misdan, Nurasyikin
Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati
author_facet Cheah, D. W.
Ramlee, Normarina
Desa, Amira Liyana
Misdan, Nurasyikin
Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati
author_sort Cheah, D. W.
building UTHM Institutional Repository
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description Almost every manufacturing process is the major origin of wastewater with certain characteristic. Printing facility provides a wide range of waste component that is harmful to the environment and people. Those harmful waste component contains high concentration of heavy metals and dye. This paper presents one of the most promising methods to remove the heavy metals and dyes from a printing wastewater before discharging to the environment. The feasibility of commercially available NF270 membrane to treat both heavy metals and dye was thoroughly investigated. The study was carried out using a cross-flow nanofiltration membrane system at operating pressure and temperature set at 5 bar and 24 ˚C, respectively. Experimental results showed that the permeate flux of NF270 is decreased from 6.2 to 5.0 L/m2 .h after 1-h operation. Whilst, the rejection of both iron and zinc ions could be obtained up to 96.9% and 97.8%, respectively. Additionally, almost complete elimination of colour (99.6%) could be achieved using NF270 membrane. Thus, it can be concluded that the commercial NF270 membrane is promising in removing both heavy metal ions and dye from printing wastewater.
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spelling uthm-50672022-01-05T03:03:25Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5067/ Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment Cheah, D. W. Ramlee, Normarina Desa, Amira Liyana Misdan, Nurasyikin Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati TP Chemical technology TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc. Almost every manufacturing process is the major origin of wastewater with certain characteristic. Printing facility provides a wide range of waste component that is harmful to the environment and people. Those harmful waste component contains high concentration of heavy metals and dye. This paper presents one of the most promising methods to remove the heavy metals and dyes from a printing wastewater before discharging to the environment. The feasibility of commercially available NF270 membrane to treat both heavy metals and dye was thoroughly investigated. The study was carried out using a cross-flow nanofiltration membrane system at operating pressure and temperature set at 5 bar and 24 ˚C, respectively. Experimental results showed that the permeate flux of NF270 is decreased from 6.2 to 5.0 L/m2 .h after 1-h operation. Whilst, the rejection of both iron and zinc ions could be obtained up to 96.9% and 97.8%, respectively. Additionally, almost complete elimination of colour (99.6%) could be achieved using NF270 membrane. Thus, it can be concluded that the commercial NF270 membrane is promising in removing both heavy metal ions and dye from printing wastewater. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed Cheah, D. W. and Ramlee, Normarina and Desa, Amira Liyana and Misdan, Nurasyikin and Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati (2018) Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment. Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology, 22 (1). pp. 43-48. ISSN 2600-9226
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion
TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc.
Cheah, D. W.
Ramlee, Normarina
Desa, Amira Liyana
Misdan, Nurasyikin
Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati
Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title_full Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title_fullStr Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title_full_unstemmed Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title_short Performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
title_sort performance of nanofiltration membrane for printing wastewater treatment
topic TP Chemical technology
TD429.5-480.7 Water purification. Water treatment and conditioning. Saline water conversion
TP200-248 Chemicals: Manufacture, use, etc.
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5067/