Coalescing filtration of oily wastewaters: Characterization and application of thermal treated, electrospun polystyrene filters

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 31-33, 2013, Pages 5974-5986

  Shirazi, Mohammad Javad A ^a   Bazgir, Saeed ^a   Shirazi, Mohammad Mahdi A ^b   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Characterization; Coalescing filtration; Electrospun nanofibrous filters; Polystyrene; Thermal treating

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; FILTRATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84875837297     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.765364     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Pal, R. 1994. Techniques for measuring the composition (oil in water content) of emulsions, a state of the art review. Colloid Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 84: 141 - 193.
2. Shin, C., Chase, G.C. and Reneker, D.H. 2005. The effect of nanofibers on liquid-liquid coalescence filter performance. AIChE J., 51: 3109 - 3113.
3. Wines, T.H. and Brown, R.L. 1997. Difficult liquid-liquid separation: High-performance, polymer-fiber coalescers break up hard-to-handle emulsions and dispersions. Chem. Eng.,
4. Ahmadun, F.R., Pendashteh, A., Abdulah, L.C., Biak, D.R.A., Madaeni, S.S. and Abidin, Z.Z. 2009. Review of technologies for oil and gas produced water treatment. J. Hazard. Mater., 170: 530 - 551.
5. Takht Ravanchi, M., Kaghazchi, T. and Kargari, A. 2009. Application of membrane separation processes in petrochemical industry: A review. Desalination, 235: 199 - 244.
6. Mohammadi, T., Ezzati, A. and Gorouhi, E. 2005. Separation of water in oil emulsions using microfiltration. Desalination, 185: 371 - 382.
7. Barhate, R.S., Sundarrajan, S., Pliszka, D. and Ramakrishna, S. 2008. Fine chemical processing: The potential of nanofibers in filtration. Filtr. Sep., 45: 32 - 35.
8. Menon, V.B. and Wasan, D.T. 1985. " Demulsification ". In Encyclopedia of Emulsion Technology, Edited by: Becher, P. 1 - 75. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker.
9. Nikolov, A.D., Randie, M., Shetty, C.S. and Wasan, D.T. 1996. Chemical demulsification of oil-in-water emulsion using air floatation: The importance of film thickness stability. Chem. Eng. Commun., 152-153: 337 - 350.
10. Hong, A., Fane, A.G. and Burford, R. 2003. Factors affecting membrane coalescence of stable oil-in-water emulsions. J. Membr. Sci., 222: 19 - 39.
11. Yarin, A.L., Chase, G.G., Liu, W., Doiphode, S.V. and Reneker, D.H. 2006. Liquid drop growth on a fiber. AIChE J., 52: 217 - 227.
12. Eggers, J., Lister, J.R. and Stone, H.A. 1999. Coalescence of liquid drops. J. Fluid Mech., 401: 293 - 310.
13. Kaur, S., Rana, D., Matsuura, T., Sundarrajan, S. and Ramakrishna, S. 2012. Preparation and characterization of surface modified electrospun membranes for higher filtration flux. J. Membr. Sci., 390-391: 235 - 242.
14. Patanaik, A., Jacobs, V. and Anandjiwala, R.D. 2010. Performance evaluation of electrospun nanofibrous membrane. J. Membr. Sci., 352: 136 - 142.
15. Kaur, S., Rana, D., Matsuura, T., Sundarrajan, S. and Ramakrishna, S. 2012. Influence of electrospun fiber size on the separation efficiency of thin film nanofiltration composite membrane. J. Membr. Sci., 392-393: 101 - 111.
16. Homaeigohar, S.S., Buhr, K. and Ebert, K. 2010. Polyethersulfone electrospun nanofibrous composite membrane for liquid filtration. J. Membr. Sci., 365: 68 - 77.
17. Shin, C., Chase, G.G. and Reneker, D.H. 2005. Recycled expanded polystyrene nanofibers applied in filter media. Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 262: 211 - 215.
18. Shin, C. 2006. Filtration application from recycled expanded polystyrene. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 302: 267 - 271.
19. An, H., Shin, C. and Chase, G.G. 2006. Ion exchanger using electrospun polystyrene anofibers. J. Membr. Sci., 283: 84 - 87.
20. Shin, C. and Chase, G.G. 2004. Water-in-oil coalescing in micro-nanofiber composite filters. AIChE J., 50: 343 - 350.
21. Thavasi, V., Singh, G. and Ramakrishna, S. 2008. Electrospun naofibers in energy and environmental applications. Energy Environ. Sci., 1: 205 - 221.
22. Pham, Q.P., Sharma, U. and Mikos, A.G. 2006. Electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers for tissue engineering applications: A review. Tissue Eng., 12: 1197 - 11211.
23. Balamurugan, R., Sundarrajan, S. and Ramakrishna, S. 2011. Recent trends in nanofibers membranes and their suitability for air and water filtrations. Membranes, 1: 232 - 248.
24. Nataraj, S.K., Yang, K.S. and Aminabhavi, T.M. 2012. Polyacrylonitrile-based nanofibers- a state-of-the-art review. Prog. Polym. Sci., 37: 487 - 513.
25. Rultedge, G.C. and Fridrikh, S.V. 2007. Formation of fibers by electrospinning. Adv. Drug Delivery Rev., 59: 1384 - 1391.
26. Doshi, J. and Reneker, D.H. 1995. Electrospinning process and applications of electrospun fibers. J. Electrostat., 35: 151 - 160.
27. Jalili, R., Hosseini, S.A. and Morshed, M. 2005. The effects of operating parameters on the morphology of electrospun polyacrilonitrile nanofibers. Iran. Polym. J., 14: 1074 - 1081.
28. Tungprapa, S., Puangparn, T., Weerasombut, M., Jangchud, I., Fakum, P., Semongkhol, S., Meechaisue, Ch and Supaphol, P. 2007. Electrospun cellulose acetate fibers: Effect of solvent system on morphology and fiber diameter. Cellulose, 14: 563 - 575.
29. Jarusuwannapoom, T., Hongrojjanawiwat, W., Jitjaicham, S., Wannatong, L., Nithitanakul, M., Pattamaprom, C., Koombhongse, P., Rangkupan, R. and Supaphol, P. 2005. Effects of solvents on electrospinnability of polystyrene solutions and morphological appearance of resulting electrospun polystyrene fibers. Eur. Polym. J., 41: 409 - 421.
30. Gururajan, G., Sullivan, S.P., Beebe, T.P., Chase, D.B. and Rabolt, J.F. 2011. Continuous electrospinning of polymer nanofibers of nylon-6 using an atomic force microscope tip. Nanoscale, 3: 3300 - 3308.
31. Lee, K.H., Kim, H.Y., Bang, H.J., Juang, Y.H. and Lee, S.G. 2003. The change of bead morphology ormed on electrospun polystyrene fibers. Polymer, 44: 4029 - 4034.
32. Eda, G. and Shivkumar, S. 2006. Bead structure variations during electrospinning of polystyrene. J. Mater. Sci., 41: 5704 - 5708.
33. Barbosa, E.F. and Silva, L.P. 2012. Nanoscale characterization of synthetic polymeric porous membranes: Scrutinizing their stiffness, roughness, and chemical composition. J. Membr. Sci., 407-408: 128 - 135.
34. Shirazi, M.M.A., Kargari, A. and Shirazi, M.J.A. 2012. Direct contact membrane distillation for seawater desalination. Desalin. Water Treat., 49: 368 - 375.
35. Kaur, S., Barhate, R., Sundarrajan, S., Matsuura, T. and Ramakrishna, S. 2011. Hot pressing of electrospun membrane composite and its influence on separation performance on thin film composite nanofiltration membrane. Desalination, 279: 201 - 209.
36. M.M.A. Shirazi, D. Bastani, A. Kargari, M. Tabatabaei, Characterization of polymeric membranes for membrane distillation using atomic force microscopy, Desalin. Water Treat. doi: 10.1080/19443994.2013.765365
37. Chan, Ch.M. 1994. Polymer Surface Modification and Characterization, New York, NY: Hanser.