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Deposition of toxic metal particles on rough nanofiltration membranes

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Two nanofiltration (NF90 and Nano-Pro-3012) membranes were investigated for their capacity to remove metal ions. This study presents the effect of membrane roughness on the removal of toxic metal ions during dead end membrane filtration. Atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, WSXM software and ImageJ were used to characterize the roughness of the membranes. Gradual decrease in filtration permeate flux was observed as foulants accumulated at the interface of the membranes; filtration permeate flux varied from 20 L/m2/h to 14 L/m2/h and 11 L/m2/h to 6 L/m2/h for NF90 and Nano-Pro-3012, respectively. NF90 membrane was more prone to fouling than the Nano-Pro-3012 membrane: the percentage flux reduction was higher for NF90 (3.6%) than Nano-Pro-3012 (0.98%). The bearing ratio of the fouled NF90 exhibited a high peak of 7.09 nm than the fouled Nano-Pro-3012 with the peak of 6.8 nm.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

    Oluranti Agboola & Richard Mbaya

  2. Department of Environmental Water and Earth Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

    Jannie Maree & Caliphs Musa Zvinowanda

  3. Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, W. de Croylaan 46, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Gomotsegang Fred Molelekwa, Nora Jullok & Bart Van der Bruggen

  4. Solid State Physics and Magnetism Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, Box 2414, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium

    Alexander Volodine & Chris Van Haesendonck

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Agboola, O., Maree, J., Mbaya, R. et al. Deposition of toxic metal particles on rough nanofiltration membranes. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 31, 1413–1424 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-014-0075-6

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