Desalination Performance of Thin-film Composite Forward Osmosis Membranes Based on Different Carbon Nanomaterials | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
| Article 41, Volume 63, Issue 12, December 2020, Page 5161-5173 PDF (1.69 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2020.27083.2646 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amira Shawky  1; Yousra H. Kotp2; M.A. Mousa3; Mostafa M. S. Aboelfadl2; E. E. Hekal4
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| 1Sanitary and Environmental Institute (SEI), Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt, 1770 | ||||
| 2Hydrogeochemistry Dept., Desert Research Center, El Mataryia Cairo, Egypt, 11753. | ||||
| 3Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||||
| 4Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, 11566. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The incorporation of nanomaterials in thin film composite (TFC) has provided a new way to increase the permeability of the forward osmosis membrane during the desalination of water. In this research graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was prepared and introduced into a polyamide layer to form TFC membrane via interfacial polymerization reaction. The properties of the membranes were characterized by using ATR- FTIR, SEM and water contact angle measurements. The obtained results illustrated that a TFC-FO membrane doped with GO (0.7wt%) has a high water flux (27.15 L m-2h-1) while membrane doped with rGO (0.5wt%) exhibits water flux (24.05 L m-2h-1), and the membrane doped with MWCNT (0.5wt%) has water flux (21.67 L m-2h-1) compared with pure membrane with water flux of (10.24 L m-2h-1). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Thin-film nanocomposite Membrane Forward osmosis (TFN); Forward osmosis (FO); graphene oxide (GO); reduced graphene oxide (rGO); multiwall carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs); polysulfone substrate | ||||
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