New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process
Due to the continuing growth of reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plants worldwide, the amount of discarded end-of-life (EoL) RO membrane modules is expected to increase drastically in coming years. One of the approaches to address this problem is to transform the EoL membranes for other purposes...
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| author | Khoo, Ying Siew Lau, Woei Jye W. Hasan, Shadi Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi |
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| description | Due to the continuing growth of reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plants worldwide, the amount of discarded end-of-life (EoL) RO membrane modules is expected to increase drastically in coming years. One of the approaches to address this problem is to transform the EoL membranes for other purposes. In this study, a new approach based on sonication was studied to convert the EoL RO membrane from RO properties into microfiltration (MF) properties, offering a transformation process that was much faster (15 min) than that of typical chemical treatment process (ranging from hours to days) using oxidizing agent solution. Our results indicated that with only 15-min ultrasonication, the properties of EoL RO membrane could be significantly altered, reaching pure water permeability of 172.6 L/m2.h.bar (70-fold increment) with NaCl rejection reduced from ~80% to less than 2%. This is attributed to the deterioration of the polyamide thin selective layer atop the EoL RO membrane. As a comparison, the chemical treatment using 5000-ppm potassium permanganate (KMnO4) solution requires at least 168 h to achieve similar membrane properties. It was also found that the presence of KMnO4 during ultrasonication process could accelerate the rate of polymeric degradation, resulting in even higher pure water permeation. As a conclusion, our work demonstrated a rapid and new approach that is capable of transforming the EoL RO membrane for the filtration process of macromolecules, thus offering a practical solution to address the disposal issues of EoL RO membrane modules. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-957132022-05-31T13:18:05Z http://eprints.utm.my/95713/ New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process Khoo, Ying Siew Lau, Woei Jye W. Hasan, Shadi Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology Due to the continuing growth of reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plants worldwide, the amount of discarded end-of-life (EoL) RO membrane modules is expected to increase drastically in coming years. One of the approaches to address this problem is to transform the EoL membranes for other purposes. In this study, a new approach based on sonication was studied to convert the EoL RO membrane from RO properties into microfiltration (MF) properties, offering a transformation process that was much faster (15 min) than that of typical chemical treatment process (ranging from hours to days) using oxidizing agent solution. Our results indicated that with only 15-min ultrasonication, the properties of EoL RO membrane could be significantly altered, reaching pure water permeability of 172.6 L/m2.h.bar (70-fold increment) with NaCl rejection reduced from ~80% to less than 2%. This is attributed to the deterioration of the polyamide thin selective layer atop the EoL RO membrane. As a comparison, the chemical treatment using 5000-ppm potassium permanganate (KMnO4) solution requires at least 168 h to achieve similar membrane properties. It was also found that the presence of KMnO4 during ultrasonication process could accelerate the rate of polymeric degradation, resulting in even higher pure water permeation. As a conclusion, our work demonstrated a rapid and new approach that is capable of transforming the EoL RO membrane for the filtration process of macromolecules, thus offering a practical solution to address the disposal issues of EoL RO membrane modules. Elsevier Ltd 2021-12 Article PeerReviewed Khoo, Ying Siew and Lau, Woei Jye and W. Hasan, Shadi and Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi (2021) New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (6). ISSN 2213-3437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106731 DOI:10.1016/j.jece.2021.106731 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology Khoo, Ying Siew Lau, Woei Jye W. Hasan, Shadi Wan Salleh, Wan Norhayati Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title | New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title_full | New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title_fullStr | New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title_full_unstemmed | New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title_short | New approach of recycling end-of-life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| title_sort | new approach of recycling end of life reverse osmosis membranes via sonication for microfiltration process |
| topic | Q Science (General) TP Chemical technology |
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