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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
卷 275, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119149
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Vacuum membrane distillation (VMD); Electrospinning; Nanofibrous membranes; Polyether-block-amide (PEBAX-2533); SiO2 nanoparticles; Water desalination
In this study, hydrophobic nanofibrous membranes based on PEBAX-2533 were prepared using the electrospinning technique for water desalination applications. The incorporation of silica nanoparticles into the polymer solution improved the separation performance of the electrospun SiO2/PEBA membranes. The VMD performance of the nanofibrous membrane was superior to that of a commercial PVDF membrane in terms of water flux, flux decline, and TDS content.
In this work, hydrophobic nanofibrous membranes based on polyether-block-amide (PEBAX-2533) were prepared by the electrospinning technique for using in the vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) process for water desalination applications. In the first part of this study, the influence of the electrospinning conditions like polymer concentration, surfactant concentration, applied voltage, spinneret to collector distance, feed injection rate and spinneret diameter on the morphology of the electrospun mats was investigated and optimized to obtain uniform, bead-less and defect-free nanofibrous PEBA membranes. In the second part, the electrospun nanofibrous SiO2/PEBAX-2533 membranes were fabricated by incorporating silica nanoparticles into the polymer solution. The morphology, structure, and surface properties of the prepared nanofibrous SiO2/PEBA membranes were characterized by the SEM, FTIR, OCA, and tensile strength tests. Likewise, the VMD performance of the prepared electrospun SiO2/PEBA membranes was studied for the desalination of NaCl aqueous solutions at various operating conditions. It was observed that the VMD performance of the prepared electrospun nanofibrous SiO2/PEBAX-2533 membrane containing 8 wt% of silica nanoparticles had the best separation performance in terms of the water flux, flux decline and TDS content of the permeate stream. Finally, a comparison between the prepared nanofibrous SiO2/PEBAX-2533 membrane and a commercial PVDF membrane revealed that the VMD separation performance and long-term stability of the electrospun membrane were much better than those of the commercial PVDF membrane.
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