Abstract
Oily wastewater has become one of the leading causes of environmental pollution. A massive quantity of oily wastewater is released from industries, oil spills, and routine activities, endangering the ecosystem's sustainability. Due to the enormous negative impact, researchers put strenuous efforts into developing a sustainable solution to treat oily wastewater. Microfiltration/ultrafiltration membranes are considered an efficient solution to treat oily wastewater due to their low cost, small footprint, facile operation, and high separation efficiencies. However, membranes severely fouled during the separation process due to oil's adsorption and cake layer formation, which shortens the membranes’ life. This review has critically discussed the microfiltration/ultrafiltration membrane synthesizing methods and their emulsion's separation performance. In the end, key challenges and their possible solutions are highlighted to provide future direction to synthesize next-generation membranes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e202100320 |
Journal | Chemical Record |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2022 The Chemical Society of Japan & Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Keywords
- Membranes
- antifouling
- environment
- oil/water separation
- surface grafting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Materials Chemistry