Preparation and characterization of poly (ethersulfone) nanofiltration membranes for amoxicillin removal from contaminated water

Journal of Environmental Health Science Engineering

Ali Akbar Safekordi¹  Mohammad Soltanieh¹  Seyed mahmoud Mousavi²  Maryam Omidvar¹ 

[1] Department of Chemical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran;Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

关键词: Separation;    Amoxicillin;    Surfactant;    Membrane;    Poly(ethersulfone);   

Others  :  810735
DOI  :  10.1186/2052-336X-12-18

 received in 2013-04-04, accepted in 2013-11-02,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Nowadays, antibiotics such as amoxicillin have been entered in water bodies. Nanofiltration has been proposed as an attractive technology for removal of antibiotics from aquatic environment instead of conventional wastewater treatment. In this paper, novel asymmetric flat sheet nanofiltration membranes were prepared via immersion precipitation technique and by using the poly(ethersulfone)/Brij^®S100/Poly(vinylpirrolidone)/1-methyl-2-pyrolidone casting solutions. The effect of addition of Brij^®S100 as a non-ionic surfactant additive as well as concentration of poly (ethersulfone) on morphology, wettability, pure water flux and rejection of amoxicillin were studied using the scanning electron microscopy, water contact angle apparatus and experimental set-up. The results indicated that the addition of Brij^®S100 to the casting solutions resulted in the formation of membranes with higher hydrophilicity and relatively noticeable rejection of amoxicillin up to 99% in comparison with unmodified poly(ethersulfone) membrane. Contrary to amoxicillin rejection, pure water flux was decreased when higher poly(ethersulfone) concentration was employed.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Omidvar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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