Chemical Engineering / Kimya Mühendisliği

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    Citation - WoS: 66
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    Novel Low-Fouling Membrane Bioreactor (mbr) for Industrial Wastewater Treatment
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2016) Deowan, Shamim Ahmed; Galiano, Francesco; Hoinkis, Jan; Johnson, Daniel; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Gabriele, Bartolo; Hilal, Nidal; Drioli, Enrico; Figoli, Alberto
    A novel antifouling coating of ultrafiltration (UF) commercial membranes, based on a polymerisable bicontinuous microemulsion (PBM) technique, was developed and tested for the first time in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) using an artificial model textile dye wastewater and compared with a commercial uncoated UF membrane. The results showed that the commercial MBR module faced severe fouling problems whereas the novel coated PBM MBR module reduced the fouling significantly. The analysis of fouling rate using a resistance model confirms that PBM coated membrane has a higher antifouling effect. The antimicrobial properties of the PBM membrane contributed by polymerisable cationic surfactant acryloyloxyundecyltriethylammonium bromide (AUTEAB) guaranteed an anti-biofouling effect preventing the growth of microorganisms on the membrane surface. In addition, the PBM MBR module showed 10±1% higher blue dye removal efficiency and a similar rate of COD removal efficiency of about 95±1% compared to commercial module. However, water permeability was slightly lower due to extra resistance of the PBM coating. Root mean squared (RMS) roughness measurement and analysis of AFM images confirmed that the stable novel membrane coating still existed and showed antimicrobial effect even after 105 days of operation. The results obtained demonstrated the potential of the low fouling PBM membrane.
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    Citation - WoS: 52
    Citation - Scopus: 60
    A Step Forward To a More Efficient Wastewater Treatment by Membrane Surface Modification Via Polymerizable Bicontinuous Microemulsion
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2015) Galiano, Francesco; Figoli, Alberto; Deowan, Shamim Ahmed; Johnson, Daniel; Alsoy Altınkaya, Sacide; Veltri, Lucia; De Luca, Giorgio; Mancuso, Raffaella; Hilal, Nidal; Gabriele, Bartolo; Hoinkis, Jan
    An innovative hydrophilic and anti-fouling coating material for application in membrane technology for wastewater treatment has been developed by polymerization of a polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsion (PBM) and used for surface modification of a commercial flat polyethersulfone (PES) membrane. The novel nanostructured coating has been produced using acryloyloxyundecyltriethylammonium bromide (AUTEAB) as a co-polymerizable surfactant, obtained through a synthetic method characterized by a lower cost and a higher reproducibility compared to other known polymerizable surfactants. The novel composite membranes have been characterized and compared with the uncoated PES membranes. Coated membranes resulted in a smoother surface and a higher hydrophilicity with respect to the uncoated ones, and showed a particular nano-size channel-like morphology making them highly resistant to the fouling phenomenon. The covalent anchorage of the surfactant on the membrane surface ensured the embedment of the molecule in the polymeric matrix avoiding its leaching and also leading the coated membranes to have significant antimicrobial activity, which is very important for reducing the biofouling phenomenon.All these aspects make the tailored coating material an ideal and efficient coating for modifications of commercial membrane surfaces, to be used in membrane processes in wastewater treatment.