期刊
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
卷 284, 期 -, 页码 68-77出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.08.134
关键词
Thin-film nanocomposite; Membrane; Carbon nanotube; Pressure retarded osmosis; Energy harvesting
资金
- R&D Program of the Society of the National Research Foundation (NRF)
- Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [NRF-2014M3C8A4030498, 2012R1A2A2A03046711, 2014K000274]
- Basic Research Projects in High-tech Industrial Technology project through GIST
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A2A2A03046711] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
The pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) process has been considered as an alternative and renewable technology to generate electricity from mixing two solutions of different salinities. However, improving the osmotic performance of semi-permeable membrane is still a major challenge in the PRO system. Therefore, thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane was synthesized by using carbon nanotubes (CNT)-embedded-polyethersulfone (PES) supporting layer and polyamide active layer in this study. The prepared membranes were further employed in the PRO process to harvest energy from saline water. The water flux increase of the TFN membrane was promoted by CNT-induced porosity and the hydrophilicity of the support layer as well as by the chemical etching of the active layer. The water flux and maximum power density of the developed TFN membrane was found to be 87% (averaged from 2 bar to 10 bar) and 110% greater than for bare thin-film composite (TFC) membranes, respectively. Furthermore, the TFN membrane preparation could easily be scaled up using conventional fabrication methods with less than 2% additional material cost. Therefore, this finding could contribute to the commercialization of sustainable energy generation by utilizing the tremendous potential of fresh- and salt-water mixing. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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