TY - JOUR
T1 - Polyethersulfone-barium chloride blend ultrafiltration membranes for dye removal studies
AU - Rambabu, K.
AU - Srivatsan, N.
AU - Gurumoorthy, Anand V.P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/12/3
Y1 - 2017/12/3
N2 - A series of Polyethersulfone (PES)-barium chloride (BaCl2) blend ultra filtration membrane was developed by varying the BaCl2 concentration in the dope solution. Prepared membranes were subjected to membrane characterization and their performance was studied through dye rejection tests. Morphological studies through SEM and AFM showed that the composite membranes exhibited differences in morphologies, porosities and properties due to the BaCl2 addition as compared with pristine PES membrane. Addition of the inorganic modifier enhanced the hydrophilicity and water permeability of the blend membrane system. Polymer enhanced ultrafiltration of dye solutions showed that the proposed blend system had better performance in terms of flux and rejection efficiency than the pure polymer membrane. The performance of the 2 wt% BaCl2 blend membrane was more promising for application to real time dye wastewater studies.
AB - A series of Polyethersulfone (PES)-barium chloride (BaCl2) blend ultra filtration membrane was developed by varying the BaCl2 concentration in the dope solution. Prepared membranes were subjected to membrane characterization and their performance was studied through dye rejection tests. Morphological studies through SEM and AFM showed that the composite membranes exhibited differences in morphologies, porosities and properties due to the BaCl2 addition as compared with pristine PES membrane. Addition of the inorganic modifier enhanced the hydrophilicity and water permeability of the blend membrane system. Polymer enhanced ultrafiltration of dye solutions showed that the proposed blend system had better performance in terms of flux and rejection efficiency than the pure polymer membrane. The performance of the 2 wt% BaCl2 blend membrane was more promising for application to real time dye wastewater studies.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/263/3/032027
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/263/3/032027
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85037988974
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 263
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 3
M1 - 032027
T2 - 14th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology, ICSET 2017
Y2 - 2 May 2017 through 3 May 2017
ER -