Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin

Oily wastewater management became a critical consideration in recent years particularly in the oil and gas industry. This is due to the fact that oily wastewater contains harmful compounds such as oil and grease, and heavy metals that may harm the environment. Therefore, the aim of this study is to...

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Main Author:	Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	Biotechnology Biomass
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.397362021-08-30T04:30:51Z Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin 2011-12 Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman Biotechnology Biomass Oils, fats, and waxes Oily wastewater management became a critical consideration in recent years particularly in the oil and gas industry. This is due to the fact that oily wastewater contains harmful compounds such as oil and grease, and heavy metals that may harm the environment. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop the composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating the oily wastewater from the specific oil refinery. The membrane consists of Polysulfone (PSF) as the main polymer, while Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and bentonite acted as an additive and inorganic material. The solvent and non-solvent used are N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) and water. The reverse osmosis membrane was casted manually via phase inversion method. The oily wastewater sample was characterized in terms of conductivity, total dissolved solid (TDS), salinity, pH and temperature. Meanwhile, membrane performance studies were carried out in -terms of permeate flux and solute rejection at the operating pressure of 1.5 to 4.0 bar. The effect of the operating pressure and composition of PVP and bentonite towards membrane performances has been observed. The findings were supported by the membrane characterizations which consist of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis, contact angle measurement, Thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) analysis to investigate the change of the membrane properties with the presence of those two materials. Then, modeling was computed using Design Expert 6.0.10 software. From the experiments, it can be concluded that the addition of PVP and bentonite enhanced the membrane performance in terms of membrane permeate flux and solute rejection, and also membrane properties such as hydrophilicity, thermal behaviour, crystallinity and membrane structure thereby suggested that the PSF-PVP-bentonite membrane is viable to treat the oily wastewater from the specific oil refinery. The best membrane candidate is M23 membrane sample (10 wt% of PVP and 5 wt% of bentonite) that recorded excellent value of permeate flux and solute rejection at 0.00183 m3 /m2 .s and 99.05%. Meanwhile, at the optimum value of 4 bar (operating pressure) and, 9.86 wt% and 4.56 wt% for the composition of PVP and bentonite, the membrane was able to achieve the permeate flux value of 0.00171 m3 /m2 .s and the solute rejection of 97.01%. 2011-12 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39736/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39736/1/39736.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Chemical Engineering Syed Abdul Kadir, Sharifah Aishah ( Prof. Dr.)
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Syed Abdul Kadir, Sharifah Aishah ( Prof. Dr.)
topic	Biotechnology Biomass Biotechnology
spellingShingle	Biotechnology Biomass Biotechnology Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
description	Oily wastewater management became a critical consideration in recent years particularly in the oil and gas industry. This is due to the fact that oily wastewater contains harmful compounds such as oil and grease, and heavy metals that may harm the environment. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop the composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating the oily wastewater from the specific oil refinery. The membrane consists of Polysulfone (PSF) as the main polymer, while Polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and bentonite acted as an additive and inorganic material. The solvent and non-solvent used are N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) and water. The reverse osmosis membrane was casted manually via phase inversion method. The oily wastewater sample was characterized in terms of conductivity, total dissolved solid (TDS), salinity, pH and temperature. Meanwhile, membrane performance studies were carried out in -terms of permeate flux and solute rejection at the operating pressure of 1.5 to 4.0 bar. The effect of the operating pressure and composition of PVP and bentonite towards membrane performances has been observed. The findings were supported by the membrane characterizations which consist of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) analysis, contact angle measurement, Thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis, X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) analysis to investigate the change of the membrane properties with the presence of those two materials. Then, modeling was computed using Design Expert 6.0.10 software. From the experiments, it can be concluded that the addition of PVP and bentonite enhanced the membrane performance in terms of membrane permeate flux and solute rejection, and also membrane properties such as hydrophilicity, thermal behaviour, crystallinity and membrane structure thereby suggested that the PSF-PVP-bentonite membrane is viable to treat the oily wastewater from the specific oil refinery. The best membrane candidate is M23 membrane sample (10 wt% of PVP and 5 wt% of bentonite) that recorded excellent value of permeate flux and solute rejection at 0.00183 m3 /m2 .s and 99.05%. Meanwhile, at the optimum value of 4 bar (operating pressure) and, 9.86 wt% and 4.56 wt% for the composition of PVP and bentonite, the membrane was able to achieve the permeate flux value of 0.00171 m3 /m2 .s and the solute rejection of 97.01%.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman
author_facet	Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman
author_sort	Shahruddin, Munawar Zaman
title	Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
title_short	Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
title_full	Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
title_fullStr	Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
title_full_unstemmed	Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin
title_sort	preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / munawar zaman shahruddin
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department	Faculty of Chemical Engineering
publishDate	2011
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Preparation and characterization of composite reverse osmosis membrane in treating oily wastewater from oil refinery / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin

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