Carbon nanotube enhanced membrane distillation for simultaneous generation of pure water and concentrating pharmaceutical waste

被引:49
作者
Gethard, Ken [1 ]
Sae-Khow, Ornthida [1 ]
Mitra, Somenath [1 ]
机构
[1] New Jersey Inst Technol, Dept Chem & Environm Sci, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
关键词
Carbon nanotubes; Membrane distillation; Hollow fiber membrane; Waste treatment; DESALINATION; PERVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; REMOVAL; FLUX;
D O I
10.1016/j.seppur.2012.02.042
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
Carbon nanotube enhanced membrane distillation (MD) is presented as a novel waste concentration method that also generates pure water. In a carbon nanotube immobilized membrane (CNIM), the CNTs serve as sorbent sites, and provide an additional pathway for enhanced water vapor transport. Enrichment effect and mass transfer coefficients using CNIM were as much as 421% and 543% greater than in membranes without the nanotubes. As compared to the original water, the purified water contained less than 10% of residual organics. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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