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Recovery of Heavy Metals by Membrane Adsorbers

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Green Adsorbents to Remove Metals, Dyes and Boron from Polluted Water

Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World ((ECSW,volume 49))

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Heavy metal contents in the effluents of various industrial activities have reached to an emergency level in recent decades due to the tremendous increase in volumetric production rate and insufficiency of the treatment methods. Recent developments on membrane technologies have indicated that they offer reliable and efficient methods of promising sustainable applications for supplying clean water of a quality that satisfies human and environmental needs. The incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles in polymeric membranes, which allows the filtration and adsorption processes to be combined in one unit, has brought a new insight to membrane materials in terms of recovery of valuable metals, high flux, and antifouling capabilities. In this chapter, manufacturing of adsorptive membranes using phase inversion by immersion precipitation method is introduced. Selection of nanoparticle type, size, and amount on the morphological properties of the membranes is also addressed in this chapter. Development of a mathematical model that can predict the long-term performances of any flat sheet or hollow fiber-based membrane adsorbers in terms of their throughput and rejection characteristics is discussed. Finally, suggestions are also given for further development of the membrane performances in the removal of heavy metals.

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Yurekli, Y. (2021). Recovery of Heavy Metals by Membrane Adsorbers. In: Inamuddin, Ahamed, M., Lichtfouse, E., Asiri, A. (eds) Green Adsorbents to Remove Metals, Dyes and Boron from Polluted Water. Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, vol 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47400-3_6

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