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Comparison of two different UV-grafted nanofiltration membranes prepared for reduction of humic acid fouling using acrylic acid and N-vinylpyrrolidone
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- © 2010 Elsevier B.V. We would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia for supporting Mazrul Abu Seman's study. M. Khayet is thankful to the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) for the grant.<br />UV-photografting using two different monomers, acrylic acid and N-vinylpyrrolidone, with different concentrations in an aqueous solution and various irradiation times were studied. Irreversible fouling of both the un-grafted polyethersulfone and the UV-grafted membranes have been studied using humic acid model solutions at two different pH values; 7 and 3. It was observed that the UV-grafted membranes exhibited practically less tendency to be irreversibly fouled by humic acid molecules at pH 7. However at the acidic condition of pH 3, some membranes exhibited a higher degree of fouling more than the un-grafted membrane, especially for membranes with higher roughness values. The smaller pore size generated after UV-grafting of polyethersulfone membrane did not significantly affect humic acid removal due to the larger humic acid molecular size.<br />Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia<br />University Complutense of Madrid (UCM)<br />Depto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica<br />Fac. de Ciencias Físicas<br />TRUE<br />pub
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- OAIster
- Notes :
- application/pdf, 0011-9164, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1413949972
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource