Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161965
Title: Hydrophobic ceramic membranes fabricated via fatty acid chloride modification for solvent resistant membrane distillation (SR-MD)
Authors: Zhang, Yujun
Chong, Jeng Yi
Xu, Rong
Wang, Rong
Keywords: Engineering::Environmental engineering
Issue Date: 2022
Source: Zhang, Y., Chong, J. Y., Xu, R. & Wang, R. (2022). Hydrophobic ceramic membranes fabricated via fatty acid chloride modification for solvent resistant membrane distillation (SR-MD). Journal of Membrane Science, 658, 120715-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120715
Journal: Journal of Membrane Science
Abstract: Solvent resistant membrane distillation (SR-MD) is a novel technology to effectively separate water from waste streams containing solvents with high boiling points, avoiding the high chemical costs and release of harmful gas in conventional treatments. Ceramic membranes are promising for this process as they are highly stable chemically but they require modification to tune the hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity. However, the widely used silanization for hydrophobic modification often involves expensive chemicals and may produce toxic substances. Here, we present a new hydrophobic modification method with the use of fatty acid chloride (FAC), as a greener and cheaper alternative to silanes. In the grafting reaction, the acyl chloride groups react with the –OH groups on the ceramic membranes to form strong ester bonds. We successfully grafted stearoyl chloride (SC) and palmitoyl chloride (PC) on the ceramic tubular membranes. With long carbon chains grafted, the modified membranes exhibited high hydrophobicity with a water contact angle >141° and a liquid entry pressure >3 bar. When tested in SR-MD with a feed solution containing 50 wt% dimethyl sulfoxide, the PC-modified membrane demonstrated a flux of 3.2 kg m−2 h−1, with rejection >98% and separation factor >110 at 60 °C, and a high flux of 4.5 kg m−2 h−1 with rejection >96% at 70 °C. The FAC-modified membranes allow a cost-effective treatment of challenging wastewater containing organic solvents through SR-MD.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161965
ISSN: 0376-7388
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120715
Schools: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) 
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 
Research Centres: Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute 
Singapore Membrane Technology Centre 
Rights: © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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