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Title: | Novel polyamide-imide/cellulose acetate dual-layer hollow fiber membranes for nanofiltration | Authors: | Sun, S.P. Wang, K.Y. Peng, N. Hatton, T.A. Chung, T.-S. |
Keywords: | Cellulose acetate (CA) Co-extrusion Dual-layer hollow fiber membranes Nanofiltration (NF) Torlon® polyamide-imide (PAI) |
Issue Date: | Nov-2010 | Citation: | Sun, S.P., Wang, K.Y., Peng, N., Hatton, T.A., Chung, T.-S. (2010-11). Novel polyamide-imide/cellulose acetate dual-layer hollow fiber membranes for nanofiltration. Journal of Membrane Science 363 (1-2) : 232-242. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.038 | Abstract: | A novel dual-layer nanofiltration (NF) hollow fiber membrane was fabricated by the simultaneous co-extrusion of Torlon® polyamide-imide and cellulose acetate dopes through a triple-orifice spinneret in a dry-jet wet phase inversion process. For the first time, the nanopores of dual-layer hollow fiber membranes were molecularly designed by controlling the phase inversion process with the aid of various non-solvent additives into the polymer solutions. Compared to ethanol and 2-propanol, the addition of methanol into the dope led to a significantly decreased pore size but dramatically increased pure water permeability. The improved NF performance may be attributed to (1) a controllable thin selective outer layer; (2) a less resistant interface between the outer and inner layers; and (3) a fully porous substructure with reduced transport resistance. In addition to non-solvent additives, spinneret temperature also plays an important role in designing dual-layer hollow fiber membranes with desirable NF performance. When the spinneret temperature was increased from 25°C to 50°C, the mean effective pore radius and the pure water permeability were simultaneously decreased, which was due to the formation of a denser surface skin and a more compact interface between the two layers. In addition to exhibiting a higher rejection of divalent anions than monovalent anions, and a lower rejection of divalent cations at pH 7.0, the newly developed NF dual-layer hollow fiber membranes with methanol as additive has a relatively high pure water permeability of 11.93lm-2bar-1h-1 with a mean effective pore radius of 0.63nm. These concepts hold great potential for the design of tailor-made NF membranes for various industrial applications. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. | Source Title: | Journal of Membrane Science | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/89612 | ISSN: | 03767388 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.038 |
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