High-performance of anti-bacterial composite membrane prepared from polyethersulfone-polyethylene glycol-silver nanoparticles

Autor: Afrillia Fahrina, Nasrul Arahman, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Sri Aprilia, Sri Mulyati, Bahar Yavuztürk Gül, Ayse Yuksekdag, Sevde Korkut, Ismail Koyuncu, Muhammad Aziz, Mathias Ulbricht
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: South African Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol 50, Iss , Pp 404-414 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1026-9185
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajce.2024.09.009
Popis: A bench-scale study of river water treatment using composite polyethersulfone (PES) membrane was carried out. Polyethylene glycol-silver nanoparticles (PEG-AgNPs) additive was designed to support the simultaneous filtration and disinfection performance of PES membranes via in situ incorporation. Significant improvements in the PES membranes after modification with PEG-AgNPs were observed. The experimental results showed that the PEG-AgNPs increased the PES membrane water flux from 2.87 to 172.84 L/m2·h. The anti-fouling test of the PES membrane toward humic acid molecules after the addition of PES/PEG-AgNPs increased the reversible fouling and decreased the irreversible fouling. In terms of filtration performance, the PES/PEG-AgNP membranes showed high filtration performance, with a water disinfection ability of 99.99 %. Moreover, the leach of silver particles from the PES membrane forced by ultrasonication was
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