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http://dx.doi.org/10.14579/MEMBRANE_JOURNAL.2013.23.6.425

Hydrophilizing Effect of Support on PRO Membrane Performance through Cellulose Solution Treatment  

Choi, Myungho (Environmental Resoureces and Process Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Koo, Kee-Kahb (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University)
Lim, Jung Ae (Environmental Resoureces and Process Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
Kim, BeomSik (Environmental Resoureces and Process Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
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Membrane Journal / v.23, no.6, 2013 , pp. 425-431 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper has studied the hydrophilizing effect of support on the performance of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). The hydrophilicity of polyester support has been controlled with cellulose solutions. In order to investigate the effect of hydrophilizing of support, the performance test has been conducted with membrane which compose of active layer and support in absence of support layer. The active layer has been made by casting of cellulose tri-acetate (CTA) 1,4-dioxane solution (13 wt%) and combined with the hydrophilized support. The results show that water fluxes of PRO membranes with hydrophobic or hydrophilized support were measured $0.8L/m^2hr$ and $1.2L/m^2hr$ under $5kgf/cm^2$ pressure, respectively. However, water flux increase did not accord with hydrophilicity of supports treated by cellulose solutions. It is because the porosity and pore size of supports decrease as the cellulose concentration increases. This result confirms that both the hydrophilization of support and the maintenance of membrane porosity are important to enhance the performance of PRO membrane.
Keywords
pressure retarded osmosis membrane; hydrophilic support; cellulose;
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