Reverse osmosis desalination membrane formed from weak polyelectrolytes by spin assisted layer by layer technique

Farid Fadhillah; S. M. Javaid Zaidi; Zafarullah Khan; Mazen Khaled; Paula T. Hammond

doi:10.5004/dwt.2011.2856

Reverse osmosis desalination membrane formed from weak polyelectrolytes by spin assisted layer by layer technique

Farid Fadhillah
, S. M. Javaid Zaidi^*
, Zafarullah Khan
, Mazen Khaled
, Paula T. Hammond

^*Corresponding author for this work

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

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Abstract

Thin film bi-polar membranes were prepared by depositing alternate layers of polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) by Spin Assisted Layer-by-Layer (SA-LbL) coating technique. These polyionic coatings were deposited on silicon wafer substrates as well as on polysulfone ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. The suitability of these coated membranes for use as reverse osmosis seawater desalination membranes was investigated using a single pass-cross flow permeation test cell. Membrane testing showed that with only 35 bi-layers of PAH/PAA on a polysulfone ultra filtration membranes, NaCl rejection of 88% and water permeability of 0.22 l.m^-2h^-1bar^-1 was achieved for feed water with NaCl concentration of 15000 ppm and pressure of 700 psig.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-49
Number of pages	6
Journal	Desalination and Water Treatment
Volume	34
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2011.2856
State	Published - Oct 2011

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Funding Information:
This research work was undertaken as part of research collaboration program in clean water and clean energy, between King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA, USA. The authors wish to acknowledge the support provided by KACST through National Science, Technology and Innovation (NSTIP) unit of KFUPM for providing financial support through NSTIP research grant number 08WAT-80-4 and MIT for providing research facilities to undertake this research.

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Keywords

Membranes
Nanofiltration
PAA/ PAH
Plasma
Polysulfone
Reverse Osmosis
Spin Assisted Layer-by-Layer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Water Science and Technology
Ocean Engineering
Pollution

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Reverse osmosis desalination membrane formed from weak polyelectrolytes by spin assisted layer by layer technique

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