Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water

Eutrophication is one of the most problematic water pollution, caused by the high level of nutrients in water, mainly phosphate, which is due to the fertilizers runoff from the agricultural areas, as well as the untreated disposal of domestic and industrial wastewater into the environments. Besides,...

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Main Author: Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk
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Published: 2017
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spelling my-upm-ir.708712019-08-07T00:43:27Z Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water 2017-05 Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk Eutrophication is one of the most problematic water pollution, caused by the high level of nutrients in water, mainly phosphate, which is due to the fertilizers runoff from the agricultural areas, as well as the untreated disposal of domestic and industrial wastewater into the environments. Besides, consuming high concentration of phosphate from drinking water can lead to various types of health diseases. Considering the adverse effects of phosphate pollution to human and environment, scientists and researchers had done numerous studies using different methods to remove phosphate from water, such as adsorption, extraction, flotation, precipitation, ion exchange, electro dialysis, membrane filtration and electrocoagulation. Phosphate removal using membranes based on polyether sulfone (PES), with different ratios of organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanoparticles and polyethylene glycol (PEG), prepared by phase inversion method was investigated. The hydrophilicity of prepared PES membranes was studied by water content and porosity measurements. FTIR and FESEM-EDX was used to study the chemical composition as well as to ensure the phosphate absorption by the membranes. Thermal properties of the membranes were investigated by TGA and DSC. While the morphology of the membrane investigated by FESEM. Performance of prepared membranes was determined in terms of the water flux and removal by changing conditions of pressure range 1 to 3 bar and pH form 2 to 10 as well as OMMT nanoparticles concentration 1 to 7 wt.%. It was observed that increase in pressure and OMMT nanoparticles loading is inversely proportionalto the removal, and directly proportional to the water flux. Eleven different membranes, containing different ratios of PES, OMMT nanoparticles and PEG were sampled in order to prepare optimum membrane. At 1 bar pressure and 50 ppm phosphate concentration the neat PES membrane successfully achieved rejection of phosphate up to 97.6 % and water flux up to 2.26 L/m2. h whereas the optimum membrane achieved rejection of phosphate up to 94.70%, water flux up to 49.2 L/m2. h, and the optimum pH was pH4. The experimental results revealed that the PES/OMMT/PEG could have a promising performance for the phosphate removal in wastewater treatment technology. Water - Purification. - Phosphate removal Water - Purification - Biological treatment 2017-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70871/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70871/1/FS%202017%2027%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Water - Purification. - Phosphate removal Water - Purification - Biological treatment
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection PSAS Institutional Repository
language English
topic Water - Purification
- Phosphate removal
Water - Purification - Biological treatment

spellingShingle Water - Purification
- Phosphate removal
Water - Purification - Biological treatment

Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk
Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
description Eutrophication is one of the most problematic water pollution, caused by the high level of nutrients in water, mainly phosphate, which is due to the fertilizers runoff from the agricultural areas, as well as the untreated disposal of domestic and industrial wastewater into the environments. Besides, consuming high concentration of phosphate from drinking water can lead to various types of health diseases. Considering the adverse effects of phosphate pollution to human and environment, scientists and researchers had done numerous studies using different methods to remove phosphate from water, such as adsorption, extraction, flotation, precipitation, ion exchange, electro dialysis, membrane filtration and electrocoagulation. Phosphate removal using membranes based on polyether sulfone (PES), with different ratios of organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) nanoparticles and polyethylene glycol (PEG), prepared by phase inversion method was investigated. The hydrophilicity of prepared PES membranes was studied by water content and porosity measurements. FTIR and FESEM-EDX was used to study the chemical composition as well as to ensure the phosphate absorption by the membranes. Thermal properties of the membranes were investigated by TGA and DSC. While the morphology of the membrane investigated by FESEM. Performance of prepared membranes was determined in terms of the water flux and removal by changing conditions of pressure range 1 to 3 bar and pH form 2 to 10 as well as OMMT nanoparticles concentration 1 to 7 wt.%. It was observed that increase in pressure and OMMT nanoparticles loading is inversely proportionalto the removal, and directly proportional to the water flux. Eleven different membranes, containing different ratios of PES, OMMT nanoparticles and PEG were sampled in order to prepare optimum membrane. At 1 bar pressure and 50 ppm phosphate concentration the neat PES membrane successfully achieved rejection of phosphate up to 97.6 % and water flux up to 2.26 L/m2. h whereas the optimum membrane achieved rejection of phosphate up to 94.70%, water flux up to 49.2 L/m2. h, and the optimum pH was pH4. The experimental results revealed that the PES/OMMT/PEG could have a promising performance for the phosphate removal in wastewater treatment technology.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk
author_facet Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk
author_sort Alansari, Ali Baderldin Abdelmilk
title Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
title_short Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
title_full Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
title_fullStr Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
title_sort synthesis and characterization of polyether sulfone/ polyethylene glycol/ montmorillonite nano mixedmatrix membrane for removal of phosphate from water
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70871/1/FS%202017%2027%20-%20IR.pdf
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