PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PVA-SIO2 NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION BY PERVAPORATION

Original scientific paper

Authors

  • BERK TIRNAKCI Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpasa Campus, Esenler-Istanbul, Turkey
  • YAVUZ SALT Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpasa Campus, Esenler-Istanbul, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ200505037T

Keywords:

desalination, nano-SiO2, nanocomposite, pervaporation, poly(vinyl alcohol), seawater

Abstract

Pervaporation is a membrane process that offers high separation performance and has an important potential for the treatment of saline water sources. In this study, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and PVA-SiO2 nanocomposite membranes were prepared by the solution-casting method, and pervaporative water desal­ination studies were carried out for synthetic seawater (35 g L-1) at 30, 40 and 50 °C. Effects of the temperatures and the incorporation of SiO2 on the pervap­or­ation performance of polymeric nanocomposite membranes were inves­tig­ated. Membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and thermogravimetric ana­lysis (TGA). In experiments conducted at 50 °C, a permeate flux of 4.93 kg m-2 h-1 with a salt rejection of 99.3% were obtained. The highest salt rejection was 99.8% at temperature of 30 °C. The results showed that the pervaporation per­formance of PVA membranes was remarkably enhanced with the incorporation of nano-SiO2 into polymeric matrix.

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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PVA-SIO2 NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION BY PERVAPORATION: Original scientific paper. (2021). Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 27(2), 189-197. https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ200505037T