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Polymer Membranes and Their Potential Application

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Science and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 4468

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Department of Chemistry & Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
Interests: membrane-based separation and purification
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Dear Colleagues,

Polymer membrane-based technologies are considered one of the most important practical means in resolving and delivering the fundamental global needs in the 21st century for sustainable, efficient and economical access to green energy, clean water and the environment. Recently, polymer membranes have been utilized for various applications including water purification, gas separation, environmental remediation, energy and biomedical devices, which have exhibited great potential towards a next generation of separation systems. Newly developed polymer membrane systems have confirmed their superiority over other conventional energy intensive processes in terms of improved performance, economic viability and reduced environmental impact.

This Special Issue aims to capture the recent scientific and technological advances in the development of polymer membranes and their potential applications. Future research directions and recent challenges will also be considered. I would like to invite you to contribute original research articles as well as review articles to this Special Issue. I believe that your contribution for this issue will not only increase the basic subject knowledge on membranes, but also lead to the development of new technologies and innovations for their effective and commercial utilization.

Dr. Sagar Roy
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Polymer membranes in environmental applications
  • Polymer nanocomposite membranes for waste water treatment
  • Membranes for desalination
  • Polymer membranes in engineering and medicine
  • Fuel cell membranes
  • Membranes in pervaporation and gas separation processes
  • Polymeric membranes for renewable energy processes.

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Study on the Filtration Performance of the Baghouse Filters for Ultra-Low Emission as a Function of Filter Pore Size and Fiber Diameter
by Xingcheng Liu, Henggen Shen and Xueli Nie
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(2), 247; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020247 - 16 Jan 2019
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The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of filter pore size and fiber diameter on the performance of the baghouse filters for ultra-low emission. In this study, three kinds of conventional polyester filter (depth filtration media) and two kinds [...] Read more.
The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of filter pore size and fiber diameter on the performance of the baghouse filters for ultra-low emission. In this study, three kinds of conventional polyester filter (depth filtration media) and two kinds of polytetrafluoroethylene membrane-coated polyester filter (surface filtration media), having various filter pore sizes and fiber diameters, were tested to determine the performance of static and dynamic filtration. In order to determine the static filtration performance, the filtration resistance and the filtration efficiency of the clean filter media were measured by the arrestance method. The dynamic filtration performance experiments were conducted to determine the dynamic resistances, dust depositions, and dynamic filtration efficiencies of the dust-containing filter media under the condition of dust airflow filtration through a pulse-cleaning cycle. In the dynamic filtration performance experiments, the size of 50% test dust was less than 2.5 μm, and the mass mean aerodynamic diameter of the dust was 1.5 μm. The filtration velocity was 2 m∙min−1, and the dust concentration was 18.4 g∙m−3. The static filtration performance experiments showed that the filter pore size greatly affected the filtration resistance and the filtration efficiency of the fabric structure of the surface filtration media. In the depth filtration media, the filtration efficiency and the filtration resistance of the fabric structure were improved when the filter pore size and the fiber diameter were smaller in magnitude. For all the five filter media, smaller the pore size of the filter media, greater was the filtration precision (for fine particles, such as PM2.5) of the fabric structure. In the dynamic filtration performance experiments, the filter pore size and the fiber diameter of the depth filtration media affected the dynamic filtration resistance and the dynamic filtration efficiency of the depth filtration media by affecting the deposition rate of dust in the depth filtration media; however, the filter pore size of the surface filtration media affected the blocking rate of dust in the membrane micropores, thus influencing the dynamic filtration resistance and the dynamic filtration efficiency of the surface filtration media. Full article
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