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Future Development in Design and Application of Ultrafiltration Membranes
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Future Development in Design and Application of Ultrafiltration Membranes

A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Engineering and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 August 2023) | Viewed by 2122

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Qusay Alsalhy

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Membrane Technology Research Unit, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq
Interests: membrane engineering; membrane fabrication; membrane formation; water desalination; forward osmosis; membrane distillation; wastewater treatment; ultrafiltration; microfiltration and nanofiltration membranes
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The scarcity of clean water supplies as a result of increased pollution from industrial pollutants has recently attracted the interest of both society and scholars. Various pollutants, which are frequently seen in a variety of industrial sectors, including refineries, petrochemical, textiles, medicines, leather, paper, food, printing, as well as cosmetics, etc., are a type of complex pollutant that affects living beings due to their non-biodegradability, toxicity, and carcinogenic effects. As a result, the scientific community, industry, and government organizations worldwide have focused their efforts on finding and developing effective treatment solutions for wastewater polluted with various pollutants. Currently, there has been a clear and increasing tendency to use membrane technology effectively in wastewater treatment as an alternative to traditional technology for wastewater treatment.

This issue focus on the major challenges attributed to the crucial aspects of ultrafiltration (UF) separation process. The current issue aims to seek the research development in design and application of UF membrane for water and wastewater treatment. The development of UF membranes could also through the standpoint of materials needs as well as strategies of fundamental preparation mechanisms.

This special issue invites full-length articles and reviews that related to the latest or most advanced stage of development in membrane technology and its applications for wastewater treatment, and innovative process design of this technology.  Research areas may include, but are not limited to, water purification, modern membrane bioreactors, photocatalytic membrane reactor and any novel membrane processes, hybrid membrane processes, fouling control strategy, module design, modeling and simulation and System optimization.

Prof. Dr. Qusay Alsalhy
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • membrane science
  • ultrafiltration
  • hybrid membrane
  • fouling
  • modeling and simulation
  • membrane technology
  • water purification
  • membrane process
  • hybrid membrane process
  • membrane bioreactor
  • membrane reactor

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18 pages, 6806 KiB  
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Effect of MAX Phase Ti3ALC2 on the Ultrafiltration Membrane Properties and Performance
by Tamara Wahid Abood, Kadhum M. Shabeeb, Aseel B. Alzubaydi, Hasan Sh. Majdi, Raed A. Al-Juboori and Qusay F. Alsalhy
Membranes 2023, 13(5), 456; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13050456 - 24 Apr 2023
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Membrane fouling remains a major obstacle to ultrafiltration. Due to their effectiveness and minimal energy demand, membranes have been extensively employed in water treatment. To improve the antifouling property of the PVDF membrane, a composite ultrafiltration membrane was created employing the in-situ embedment [...] Read more.
Membrane fouling remains a major obstacle to ultrafiltration. Due to their effectiveness and minimal energy demand, membranes have been extensively employed in water treatment. To improve the antifouling property of the PVDF membrane, a composite ultrafiltration membrane was created employing the in-situ embedment approach throughout the phase inversion process and utilizing a new 2D material, MAX phase Ti3ALC2. The membranes were described using FTIR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy), EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy), CA (water contact angle), and porosity measurements. Additionally, atomic force microscopy (AFM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) were employed. Standard flux and rejection tests were applied to study the produced membranes’ performance. Adding Ti3ALC2 reduced composite membranes’ surface roughness and hydrophobicity compared to the pristine membrane. Porosity and membrane pore size increased with the addition up to 0.3% w/v, which decreased as the additive percentage increased. The mixed matric membrane with 0.7% w/v of Ti3ALC2 (M7) had the lowest CA. The alteration in the membranes’ properties reflected well on their performance. The membrane with the highest porosity (0.1% w/v of Ti3ALC2, M1) achieved the highest pure water and protein solution fluxes of 182.5 and 148.7. The most hydrophilic membrane (M7) recorded the highest protein rejection and flux recovery ratio of 90.6, which was much higher than that of the pristine membrane, 26.2. MAX phase Ti3ALC2 is a potential material for antifouling membrane modification because of its protein permeability, improved water permeability, and outstanding antifouling characteristics. Full article
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