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Hydrophilic Modification of Polypropylene Hollow Fiber Membrane by Dip Coating, UV Irradiation and Plasma Treatment  

Kim Hyun-Il (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung-Hee University)
Kim Jin Ho (Korea Membrane Separation Co.)
Kim Sung Soo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung-Hee University)
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Korean Membrane Journal / v.7, no.1, 2005 , pp. 19-27 More about this Journal
Abstract
PP hollow fiber membrane was hydrophilized by EVOH dip coating followed by low temperature plasma treatment and UV irradiation. EVOH coating attained high water flux without any prewetting but its stability did not guaranteed at high water permeation rate. At high water permeation rate, water flux declined gradually due to swelling and delamination of the EVOH coating layer causing pore blocking effect. However, plasma treatment reduces the swelling, which suppress delamination of the EVOH coating layer from PP support result in relieving the flux decline. Also, UV irradiation helped the crosslinking of the EVOH coating layer to enhance the performance at low water permeation rate. FT-IR and ESCA analyses reveal that EVOH dip coating performed homogeneously through not only membrane surface but also matrix. Thermogram of EVOH film modified plasma treatment and W irradiation show that crosslinking density of EVOH layer increased. Chemical modification by plasma treatment and UV irradiation stabilized the hydrophilic coating layer to increase the critical flux of the submerged membrane.
Keywords
polyethylene membranes; hydrophilic modification; dip coating; UV irradiation; plasma treatment;
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