Nanodiamond immobilized membranes for enhanced desalination via membrane distillation
| Autor: | Somenath Mitra, Madhuleena Bhadra, Sagar Roy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Polypropylene Chromatography Materials science Mechanical Engineering General Chemical Engineering General Chemistry Polymer Membrane distillation Desalination Polyvinylidene fluoride chemistry.chemical_compound Membrane Chemical engineering chemistry General Materials Science Dispersion (chemistry) Nanodiamond Water Science and Technology |
| Zdroj: | Desalination. 341:115-119 |
| ISSN: | 0011-9164 |
| Popis: | Recent years have witnessed the emergence of detonation nanodiamonds (DNDs) as a new member of the nanocarbon family. This paper reports the immobilization of DNDs within a hydrophobic membrane for desalination applications. A dispersion of DNDs in polyvinylidene fluoride polymer was injected through a hydrophobic membrane, which incorporated the DNDs within the membrane. Embedding only a minimal quantity of (approximately 2%) the nanocarbon favorably altered the water vapor–membrane interactions to enhance water vapor permeability while preventing liquid penetration into the membrane pores thereby enhancing water vapor flux. Overall, desalination was consistently better with DND immobilized membrane than with conventional polypropylene, with flux enhancement as high as 118% in the sweep gas membrane distillation mode. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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