Journal of Membrane Science & Technology

Fabrication of mixed matrix membranes for wastewater reclamation

2^nd International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology

September 13-14, 2018 | London, UK

G Arthanareeswaran

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Membr Sci Technol

Abstract:

The development of sustainable, safe and usable water is a severe problem because of its high population density and industrialization. Innovative physico-chemical removal processes such as adsorption on new adsorbents, membrane filtration, electro-dialysis, and photo-catalysis were used for wastewater treatment, seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation to meet the potable water demand. Among them, membrane filtration systems received considerable attention owing to their advantages such as energy efficiency and were easy to scale up. However, usage of membrane systems is suffered by fouling. Fouling is caused by accumulation of organic material (organic fouling), deposition of clay and silt (colloidal fouling) and furthermore because of biomolecules (extracellular polymeric substances) segregated by bacteria and followed by microbial attachment and consequent growth on the membrane surface (biofouling). Fouling curtails the lifetime of the membranes, reduces the productivity and also increases the maintenance cost. Recently, nanomaterials incorporated polymeric membranes (Mixed matrix membranes) were highly pronounced to prevent fouling. Mixed matrix membranes also offer the enhancement of hydrophilicity to membrane surface and provide better thermal and mechanical strength. This presentation aims to show the fabrication of mixed matrix membranes, how it affects nanomaterial on the morphology, hydrophilic property of polymeric membranes and also suggests an alternative perspective towards the application of mixed matrix membranes for various wastewater treatments.

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