Membranes,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(12), С. 264 - 264
Опубликована: Дек. 8, 2024
The
development
of
affordable
ceramic
membranes
is
essential
for
reducing
expenses
and
optimizing
the
treatment
oily
wastewater.
There
an
urgent
demand
that
are
not
only
easy
to
operate
but
also
stable
capable
managing
high
fluxes
address
increasing
volumes
significant
production
demands
associated
with
many
commercially
available
membranes,
primarily
due
use
specialised
raw
materials
intricate
processing
methods,
limiting
their
suitability
wastewater
applications.
Consequently,
there
a
rising
interest
in
creating
innovative
using
simpler
techniques.
This
study
reviewed
oil-water
utilizing
natural
aimed
at
improving
membrane
performance.
It
focused
on
reviewing
environmentally
friendly
economically
viable
derived
from
resources
as
alternative
conventional
synthetic
membranes.
These
possess
crucial
properties
like
hydrophilicity
oleophobicity,
which
vital
effective
separation.
were
filtration
performance
advantages.
was
reported
these
material-based
demonstrate
superior
separation
efficiency,
strong
mechanical
stability,
making
them
promising
candidates
sustainable
water
treatment.
Oil-water
separation
is
a
critical
process
across
various
industries,
including
wastewater
treatment,
petrochemical
operations,
and
environmental
remediation.
Conventional
membranes
often
suffer
from
fouling,
low
flux
recovery,
limited
oil
rejection
efficiency,
necessitating
the
development
of
advanced
materials
for
enhanced
performance.
In
this
study,
superhydrophilic
polydopamine
(PDA)-assisted
2D
material
membranes,
WS₂@PES
MoS₂@PES,
were
fabricated
evaluated
surfactant-stabilized
oil-in-water
emulsion
separation.
PDA
modification
hydrophilicity
anti-fouling
properties
by
introducing
functional
groups
forming
uniform
layers.
Extensive
characterization,
SEM,
AFM,
water
contact
angle
measurements,
revealed
that
exhibited
superior
surface
roughness,
resulting
in
higher
recovery
lower
fouling
propensity.
Molecular
dynamics
simulations
confirmed
WS₂'s
granular
morphology,
fractional
free
volume,
compact
structural
stability
contributed
to
its
performance
compared
MoS₂.
Experimental
results
demonstrated
achieved
6360
LHM/bar,
better
95.4%,
excellent
up
99.7%
multiple
cycles.
This
study
highlights
potential
as
sustainable
solution
industrial
oil-water
applications,
could
be
further
explored.
