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Master Thesis Investigation of the Performances of Ceramic Micro/Ultrafiltration Membranes in Stable Oil in Water Emulsion Purification(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2018) Çetin, Pınar; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinIncreasing water scarcity is an important threat to the whole world. The use of too much water during the production processes and the insufficient level of reuse of this water and the increasing quantities of oil containing waste generated in many industrial activities cause dangerous consequences for the environment. Highly concentrated oil-in-water emulsions are very harmful for aquatic life, soil, atmosphere and human health. Traditional treatment methods are not effective in the removal of emulsified oil droplets which have less than 20 μm of droplet size. Ceramic micro/ultrafiltration membranes have been explored and developed in recent years due to their superior advantages in oil containing water treatment/purification. The aim of this MSc study was to produce tubular ceramic micro/ultrafiltration membranes for the removal of oil from stable oil in water emulsions. The prepared emulsions with about 5-6 μm of droplet sizes were fed to the crossflow filtration system and the effects of experimental parameters such as transmembrane pressure (TMP), crossflow velocity (CFV) and temperature on membrane performance/permeate flux was investigated. Titania, zirconia and neodymium doped polymeric sols were prepared and coated on the MF layer in order to investigate coating/surface modification on probable permeate flux enhancement and separation ability of the membrane. The reduction of the total suspended solid (TSS) and turbidity were determined as 100 %. A stable permeate flux with a lower extent of membrane fouling and concentration polarization was obtained with 1 m/s of CFV and 2 bar of TMP.Master Thesis Preparation of Asymmetric Ti̇o2 Based Nano/Ultrafiltration Membranes for Wastewater Treatment(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Odabaşı, İklima; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinFresh water scarcity have been the most fundamental problem in the world and is already affecting mankind and human activities. This problem forced an increasing effort in the reuse of wastewater originating from municipal, agricultural, and industrial activities. The textile industry demands large amounts of water and produces large quantities of wastewater. Adsorption, filtration, ozonation and photocatalysis techniques are currently used for wastewater treatment and safe discharge to the environment. Although membrane filtration necessitates a high initial setup cost, it has a high potential and may cause significant cost savings through the reuse of water and salts. The membrane based technologies are widely accepted to be the best method when compared with the currently available technologies for wastewater treatment. Extruded tubular alumina supports were coated by stable colloidal sols and polymeric sols prepared by using sol-gel based techniques for the formation of selective micro/ultra/nanofiltration layers in this work. Textile wastewater treatment (with and without pre-treatment) and membrane fouling analysis was conducted. The performances of the membranes were determined through the characterization of permeates by spectrophotometer. The reduction of colors (Pt-Co, m-1), turbidity and suspended solids content were about 99%, 100% and 100%, respectively. The incorporation of a coagulation stage by using Al2(SO4)3 followed by a successive filtration reduced the membrane/irreversible fouling levels in the MF/UF membranes significantly. The Pt-Co 455 values of permeates were determined to be in the 15-260 range which are below the discharge criteria bringing the possibility of the reuse of some of these permeates.