Evaluation of characteristics and performance of fabricated polysulfone/cellulose acetate ultrafiltration membrane
Ultrafiltration is a separation technique, which is specifically for biomolecular separation and it has been widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries. The performance and characteristics of fabricated ultrafiltration membrane have gained some concern in producing a new membrane with r...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/75646/1/FK%202018%20124%20-%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | Ultrafiltration is a separation technique, which is specifically for biomolecular
separation and it has been widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries.
The performance and characteristics of fabricated ultrafiltration membrane have
gained some concern in producing a new membrane with robust characteristics.
Therefore, the selection of membrane material is very important to improve the
membrane performance. In this study, the objectives involve development and
formulations of polysulfone/cellulose acetate (PSf/CA) ultrafiltration membranes
and evaluating the flux performance and the characteristics of the fabricated
PSf/CA ultrafiltration membrane. This study involved three different formulations
of polymer ratio, polymer concentration, and additives compositions. The
polymer ratio varied into three different ratio of PSf/CA compositions, which were
90/10, 80/20, and 70/30. Meanwhile, the formulations of polymer concentration
were compared with different concentrations of 15 wt. %, 17.5 wt. % and 20 wt. %
and further modification was carried out for selected membrane by the additive
compositions. The additives involved were polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), pluronic
(Plu) and PVP/Plu. All the fabricated membranes were evaluated for compaction,
pure water flux, hydraulic resistance, and fouling characteristic. Further, these
membranes were characterized for chemical structure identification by fourier
transform infrared (FTIR), morphology by scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
and mechanical properties test. From overall evaluation and characterization,
PSf/CA-20 membrane obtained the most uniform flux permeation and good
membrane morphology but low flux recovery. However, further modification with
additives composition showed that PSf/CA-PVP/Plu obtained a good flux
permeation, flux recovery and satisfied polyphenol rejection. The exposure of
PSf/CA-PVP/Plu membrane to the different hydraulic cleaning methods resulted
in similar range of flux recovery ratio (FRR %) between 67 % to 79 % compared
to the membrane with single additive; PVP or Plu. Hence, PSf/CA-PVP/Plu
membrane is the more preferred membrane, which can be further applied to the related industries due to the improved morphology, which are advantages to the
flux permeation and fouling resistance. |
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