RESEARCH ARTICLE
Potential Evaluation of PVDF/PAN Membranes for Separation of Oil from Industrial Waste
Jigesh Mehta1, *, Deepak S. Panwar1, Anand Metre2, Mathurkumar S. Bhakhar2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 15
First Page: 18
Last Page: 30
Publisher ID: TOCENGJ-15-18
DOI: 10.2174/1874123102115010018
Article History:
Received Date: 18/2/2021Revision Received Date: 13/4/2021
Acceptance Date: 02/6/2021
Electronic publication date: 27/08/2021
Collection year: 2021
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Abstract
Aim:
The aim of the experiment is to characterize the Modified Membrane from PVDF/PAN and its application in removing the Emulsified oil waste from the Industry.
Objective:
To get the maximum separation of the emulsified oil from the waste water, composite (PVDF/PAN) membrane was prepared in the laboratory.
Methods:
New PVDF/PAN blend based ultrafiltration membranes were synthesized by phase inversion method. The blend membrane was treated at room temperature with aqueous sodium hydroxide solutions.
Results:
The facile eco-friendly preparation of PVDF/PAN blended membrane has a wide potential for practical applications in emulsified wastewater remediation. The chemical functionality of the modified membranes was confirmed by IR spectra.
Conclusion:
For the separation of emulsified oily wastewater, the as-prepared composite (PVDF/PAN) membrane could effectively separate oil/ water emulsions with separation efficiency of above 99.8%. Unmodified membranes (A and B) showed 95.4-99.8% rejection. However, in the case of membranes C and D, oil rejection was higher for the modified membranes as compared to the unmodified membranes.