Potential use of nanofiltration like-forward osmosis membranes for copper ion removal

Potential use of nanofiltration like-forward osmosis membranes for copper ion removal

The discharge of industrial effluent containing heavy metal ions would cause water pollution if such effluent is not properly treated. In this work, the performance of emerging nanofiltration (NF) like-forward osmosis (FO) membrane was evaluated for its efficiency to remove copper ion from water. Co...

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Published in:Chinese journal of chemical engineering Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 420 - 428
Main Authors: Abdullah, Wan Nur Ain Shuhada, Tiandee, Sirinan, Lau, Woeijye, Aziz, Farhana, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V 01-02-2020
Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia%Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus, 84000 Surat Thani, Thailand
Subjects:
Copper
Divalent salt
Forward osmosis
Nanofiltration
Water flux
Nanofiltration
Divalent salt
Forward osmosis
Copper
Water flux
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Summary:The discharge of industrial effluent containing heavy metal ions would cause water pollution if such effluent is not properly treated. In this work, the performance of emerging nanofiltration (NF) like-forward osmosis (FO) membrane was evaluated for its efficiency to remove copper ion from water. Conventionally, copper ion is removed from aqueous solution via adsorption and/or ion-exchange method. The engineered osmosis method as proposed in this work considered four commercial NF membranes (i.e., NF90, DK, NDX and PFO) where their separation performances were accessed using synthetic water sample containing 100 mg·L−1 copper ion under FO and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) orientation. The findings indicated that all membranes could achieve almost complete removal of copper regardless of membrane orientation without applying external driving force. The high removal rates were in good agreement with the outcomes of the membranes tested under pressure-driven mode at 1MPa. The use of appropriate salts as draw solutes enabled the NF membranes to be employed in engineered osmosis process, achieving a relatively low reverse solute flux. The findings showed that the best performing membrane is PFO membrane in which it achieved >99.4% copper rejection with very minimum reverse solute flux of <1 g·m−2·h−1.
ISSN:1004-9541
2210-321X
DOI:10.1016/j.cjche.2019.05.016