| Composite Membrane with Underwater-Oleophobic Surface for Anti-Oil-Fouling Membrane Distillation | |
| Wang, Zhangxin; Hou, Deyin; Lin, Shihong | |
| 2016-4-5 | |
| Source Publication | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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| Volume | 50Issue:7Pages:3866-3874 |
| Abstract | In this study, we fabricated a composite membrane for membrane distillation (MD) by modifying a commercial hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane with a nanocomposite coating comprising silica nanoparticles, chitosan hydrogel and fluoro-polymer. The composite membrane exhibits asymmetric wettability, with the modified surface being in-air hydrophilic and underwater oleophobic, and the unmodified surface remaining hydrophobic. By comparing the performance of the composite membrane and the pristine PVDF membrane in direct contact MD experiments using a saline emulsion with 1000 ppm crude oil (in water), we showed that the fabricated composite membrane was significantly more resistant to oil fouling compared to the pristine hydrophobic PVDF membrane. Force spectroscopy was conducted for the interaction between an oil droplet and the membrane surface using a force tensiometer. The difference between the composite membrane and the pristine PVDF membrane in their interaction with an oil droplet served to explain the difference in the fouling propensities between these two membranes observed in MD experiments. The results from this study suggest that underwater oleophobic coating can effectively mitigate oil fouling in MD operations, and that the fabricated composite membrane with asymmetric wettability can enable MD to desalinate hypersaline wastewater with high concentrations of hydrophobic contaminants. |
| Department | 环境水质学国家重点实验室 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.rcees.ac.cn/handle/311016/36021 |
| Collection | 环境水质学国家重点实验室 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, Zhangxin,Hou, Deyin,Lin, Shihong. Composite Membrane with Underwater-Oleophobic Surface for Anti-Oil-Fouling Membrane Distillation[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,2016,50(7):3866-3874. |
| APA | Wang, Zhangxin,Hou, Deyin,&Lin, Shihong.(2016).Composite Membrane with Underwater-Oleophobic Surface for Anti-Oil-Fouling Membrane Distillation.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,50(7),3866-3874. |
| MLA | Wang, Zhangxin,et al."Composite Membrane with Underwater-Oleophobic Surface for Anti-Oil-Fouling Membrane Distillation".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 50.7(2016):3866-3874. |
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