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  4. Synthesis and Characterization of Indigenous Hydrophilized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane for Drinking Water Purification: Experimental Study and Modeling Aspects

Synthesis and Characterization of Indigenous Hydrophilized Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane for Drinking Water Purification: Experimental Study and Modeling Aspects

JCCT.
2020;
Volume 14, Number 2
: pp. 239 - 250
https://doi.org/10.23939/chcht14.02.239
Authors:
  1. Kancharla Ravichand
  2. Vadeghar Ramesh Kumar
  3. Ginuga Prabhakar Reddy
  4. Sundergopal Sridhar
1
University College of Technology (UCT), Osmania University
2
University College of Technology (UCT), Osmania University
3
University College of Technology (UCT), Osmania University
4
Membrane Separations Group, Chemical Engineering Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT)

Indigenous polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane was hydrophilized by blending with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) which was further cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and tested for surface water purification. Synthesized membranes were characterized by SEM and FTIR to study the surface and cross-sectional morphologies and intermolecular interactions, respectively. The effect of parameters, namely feed pressure, operational time, and the cross-linking agent concentration on the process efficiency was studied. PVDF/PVA blend membrane exhibited a reasonable process flux of 205 l/m2•h at 0.5 MPa and ambient temperature of 308 K. Experimental data were fitted to the limiting flux, osmotic pressure and pore blocking model to find the suitable theoretical model to predict the effect of concentration polarization on the separation performance and back flushing frequency. Osmotic pressure model was found to be a suitable model and the predicted results from the model were in agreement with the experimental findings. After the model was validated for the synthesized membrane, the simulation was carried out to predict the cake formation and the back flushing time was found as 97 h. Cost estimation was carried out for a pilot plant of capacity of 1000 m3/day to emphasize the economic feasibility of the developed process.

hydrophilized polyvinylidene fluoride
ultrafiltration
turbidity
glutaradehyde
cross-linking
polyvinyl alcohol
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