2016
DOI: 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2016.48.2.1
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The Influence of PEG400 and Acetone on Polysulfone Membrane Morphology and Fouling Behaviour

Abstract: Abstract. Modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane was conducted by blending polysulfone with PEG400 and acetone as additives. The influence of each additive on the resulted membrane morphology and fouling characteristics were investigated. The experimental results showed that the hydrophilicity of the polysulfone membrane was improved by the increase of PEG400 in the polysulfone membrane. The water contact angle of the membrane was decreased from 76.1° to 38.31° when 35 %wt of PEG400 was added int… Show more

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“…Membrane-based processes have been widely used in various fields, such as water treatments [79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87], wastewater treatment [88,89], gas separation [90,91], energy conversion [92], medical and chemical processing [93][94][95][96][97], food processing and biotechnology [98][99][100][101][102], and so on, competing with conventional processes [81][82][83][103][104][105][106][107]. The rapid growth in development and application of membrane technologies is due to their interesting features.…”
Section: Common Application Of Membrane-based Processesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Membrane-based processes have been widely used in various fields, such as water treatments [79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87], wastewater treatment [88,89], gas separation [90,91], energy conversion [92], medical and chemical processing [93][94][95][96][97], food processing and biotechnology [98][99][100][101][102], and so on, competing with conventional processes [81][82][83][103][104][105][106][107]. The rapid growth in development and application of membrane technologies is due to their interesting features.…”
Section: Common Application Of Membrane-based Processesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Increasing membrane hydrophilicity is typically used to achieve a higher Wu . Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is a hydrophilic additive that has been widely used in the preparation of ultrafiltration membranes to improve membrane hydrophilicity and porosity and to endow an antifouling property . Unlike nanoparticles, polymeric additive may be well distributed inside the membrane matrix without any blocking of resin particles.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fouling and scaling depends on several factors, i.e. membrane morphology, feed water composition, and operation conditions [4][5][6][7][8]. Pre-treatment can be done in RO application to control membrane fouling and scaling by removing impurities from the feed water [3,9,10].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%