Production of a microfiltration membrane from acrylic fiber (AF) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) shrink film wastes

Production of a microfiltration membrane from acrylic fiber (AF) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) shrink film wastes

The main purpose of this study is the production of a nanofiber membrane from industrial wastes by using the electrospinning technique and determination of its filtration performance. Industrial wastes such as low-density polyethylene shrink film packaging (LDPEWs) and acrylic fiber (AFWs) were used...

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Published in:Clean technologies and environmental policy Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 1431 - 1442
Main Authors: Keleş, Mustafa Kemal, Uysal, Yağmur
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-07-2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Contact angle
Density
Earth and Environmental Science
Electrospinning
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental policy
Experiments
Filtration
Hazardous wastes
Industrial and Production Engineering
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Industrial wastes
Liquid membranes
Low density polyethylenes
Membrane permeability
Membranes
Microfiltration
Mixing ratio
Motion pictures
Nanofibers
Original Paper
Pollutant removal
Pollutants
Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Pore size
Production
Raw materials
Shrink wrapping
Solvents
Sustainable Development
Wastes
Wastewater
Wastewater treatment
Membrane
Polyethylene
Nylon
Waste
Acrylic
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Summary:The main purpose of this study is the production of a nanofiber membrane from industrial wastes by using the electrospinning technique and determination of its filtration performance. Industrial wastes such as low-density polyethylene shrink film packaging (LDPEWs) and acrylic fiber (AFWs) were used as raw materials to reduce the cost of membrane production as an alternative to expensive commercial membranes. Experiments were carried out to find suitable solvents in order to solve the LDPEWs and AFWs before the electrospinning process, and optimum mixing ratios were determined. After determining the optimum solvent mixture of LDPEWs-AFWs and their proportions, nanofibers were produced by electrospinning process on the surface polypropylene (PP) nonwoven support layer, and their structures were examined. Under optimum conditions, a hydrophilic electrospun membrane with 0.478 µm pore size (MF-microfiltration), 230 nm nanofiber diameter and 20° liquid-membrane contact angle were obtained under optimum conditions, and a membrane module was created to use in wastewater filtration experiments. In order to determine filtration performance of the produced membrane, permeability and wastewater filtration tests were carried out by using real wastewater, and high pollutant removal rates (> 95%) were obtained in our experiments. Graphic abstract
ISSN:1618-954X
1618-9558
DOI:10.1007/s10098-021-02038-7